New managerialism, new welfare? (Open University in association with SAGE Publications, 2000)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 -- Reinventing the Welfare State; Chapter 2 -- Managerialism and Public Services: Some International Trends; Chapter 3 -- Beyond the New Public Management? Modernizing Public Services; Chapter 4 -- Entrepreneurial Governance and Public Management: The Anti-Bureaucrats; Chapter 5 -- Unpacking Partnership: The Case of Health Care; Chapter 6 -- Health Care: New Labour's NHS; Chapter 7 -- Local Government: Managerialism and Modernization; Chapter 8 -- Social Housing: Managing Multiple Pressures; Chapter 9 -- Social Services: Managing the Third Way
New Managerialism, New Welfare is a carefully integrated textbook that explores the continuing restructuring of the state and social welfare in the United Kingdom. It combines studies of specific policy areas - such as health, education, criminal justice, local government - with chapters that examine cross-cutting themes and developments