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The managerial state / John Clarke and Janet Newman.

By: Clarke, John, 1950-.
Contributor(s): Newman, Janet.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Sage Publications Ltd, 1997Description: xiv, 176 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0803976127.Subject(s): Public welfare administration -- Great Britain | Social welfare -- Great Britain | Public welfare -- Great BritainDDC classification: 361.610941
Contents:
From the Cradle to the Grave: The Crisis of the Post-War Welfare Settlements -- Towards the Managerial State? -- A Change for the Better? The Tyranny of Transformation --The Making of Management: Regimes of Power -- Incentives, Institutions and Identities: Shaping the Managerial State -- Capturing the Customer: The Politics of Representation -- Reinventing the Public -- An Unstable State?
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This original analysis of the creation of new state forms critically examines the political forces that enabled `more and better management′ to be presented as a solution to the problems of the welfare state in Britain.

Examining the micro-politics within public service, the authors draw links between politics, policies and organizational power to present an incisive and dynamic account of the restructuring of social welfare. Clarke and Newman expose the tensions and contradictions in the managerial state and trace the emergence of new dilemmas in the provision of public services. They show that these problems are connected to the recurring difficulties in defining `the public′ that receives these services. In particular they question whether the reinvention of the public as either a nation of consumers or a nation of communities can effectively address the implications of social diversity.

Bibliography: (pages 160-169) and index.

From the Cradle to the Grave: The Crisis of the Post-War Welfare Settlements -- Towards the Managerial State? -- A Change for the Better? The Tyranny of Transformation --The Making of Management: Regimes of Power -- Incentives, Institutions and Identities: Shaping the Managerial State -- Capturing the Customer: The Politics of Representation -- Reinventing the Public -- An Unstable State?

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Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • From the Cradle to the Grave
  • The Crises of the post-War Welfare Settlements
  • Towards the Managerial State?
  • A Change for the Better? The Tyranny of Transformation
  • The Making of Management
  • Regimes of Power
  • Incentives, Institutions and Identities
  • Shaping the Managerial State
  • Capturing the Customer
  • The Politics of Representation
  • Reinventing the Public
  • An Unstable State?

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Author/Editor Description: Janet Newman is Senior Lecturer in the School of Public Policy, University of Birmingham. She is co-author of 'The Managerial State' (with J Clarke, SAGE 97), author of 'Shaping Organisational Cultures in Local Government' (96), and co-editor of 'Gender, Culture and Organisational Change (with C Itzin, eds, 95).