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Partnerships, New Labour and the governance of welfare
- Title
- Partnerships, New Labour and the governance of welfare / edited by Caroline Glendinning, Martin Powell and Kirstein Rummery.
- Publication
- Bristol : Policy Press, 2002.
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- Description
- xii, 259 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- UK government policy encourages 'partnerships'- between statutory organisations and professionals, public and private sectors, with voluntary organisations and local communities. But is this collaborative discourse really as distinctive as the Labour Government claims?
- Subject
- Labour Party (Great Britain)
- Since 1979
- Partnership > Great Britain
- Public-private sector cooperation > Great Britain
- Partenariat public-privé > Grande-Bretagne
- Partnership
- Public-private sector cooperation
- Social policy
- Great Britain > Social policy > 1979-
- Grande-Bretagne > Politique sociale > 1979-
- Great Britain
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction / Martin Powell and Caroline Glendinning -- 2. Partnerships, quasi-networks and social policy / Martin Powell and Mark Exworthy -- 3. Partnership and the remaking of welfare governance / John Clarke and Caroline Glendinning -- 4. What is a 'successful' partnership and how can it be measured? / Bob Hudson and Brian Hardy -- 5. Partnership at the front-line: the WellFamily service and primary care / Karen Clarke and Kirstein Rummery -- 6. Building capacity for collaboration in English Health Action Zones / Marian Barnes and Helen Sullivan -- 7. Partnerships for local governance: citizens, communities and accountability / Guy Daly and Howard Davis -- 8. Partnerships with the voluntary sector: can Compacts work? / Pete Alcock and Duncan Scott -- 9. Dangerous liaisons: local government and the voluntary and community sectors / Gary Craig and Marilyn Taylor -- 10. 'Together we'll crack it': partnership and the governance of crime prevention / Gordon Hughes and Eugene McLaughlin -- 11. Regeneration partnerships under New Labour: a case of creeping centralisation / Jonathan S. Davies -- 12. Education Action Zones / Marny Dickson, Sharon Gewirtz and David Halpin / [et al.] -- 13. Public-private partnerships -- the case of PFI / Sally Ruane -- 14. Public-private partnerships in pensions policies / Sue Ward -- 15. Towards a theory of welfare partnerships / Kirstein Rummery.
- ISBN
- 1861343396
- 9781861343390
- 186134340X
- 9781861343406
- OCLC
- ocm50952819
- 50952819
- SCSB-9017876
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library