The revised edition of the author's widely acclaimed 1987 The Politics of Welfare examines the program of social reform undertaken by Thatcher and Major governments since 1979.

The Politics of Welfare: Continuities and Change

Politics & Social Sciences

Deakin, Nicholas

Politics & Government

Harvester/Wheatsheaf

What are the implications of the contract culture and its introduction into Britain's public services, for both the providers and users of services? The authors compare and contrast local government, health, and social care services, arguing that these changes involve a fundamental break with past understandings of public services management. This new study, based on original research in the field, examines the situation on the ground and identifies the prospects for future action.

Contracting for Change: Contracts in Health, Social Care, and Other Local Government Services

Business & Money

Thomas, Neil

Walsh, Kieron

Spurgeon, Peter

Smith,Paula

Economics

Oxford University Press

Civil society as a concept is currently much discussed in the political arena and now frequently referred to in academic texts. But what does it mean in practice and how does it relate to more familiar ideas like voluntary action? This new book by a leading commentator explores the connections between the two and provides a wide range of examples of situations in which civil society has provided an arena for voluntary association and action which has had a real impact on events at local, national and, latterly, the global level.

In Search of Civil Society

History

World

Red Globe Press

Civil society as a concept is currently much discussed in the political arena and now frequently referred to in academic texts. But what does it mean in practice and how does it relate to more familiar ideas like voluntary action? This book explores the connections between the two, and provides a wide range of examples of situations in which civil society has provided an arena for voluntary association and action which has had a real impact on events at local, national and, latterly, the global level.

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s, policy for inner city regeneration underwent a transformation from a reliance on central and local government activity and the use of public funds, to a much heavier dependence on private sector activities and private investment. In The Enterprise Culture and the Inner City, the authors offer a vigorous and critical investigation of government policy and, in response to the result of the 1992 general election and the implications of the Olympia and York Canary Wharf project, present a credible prediction for the future (or lack of future) of the inner city.

The Enterprise Culture and the Inner City

EDWARDS, JOHN

Social Sciences

Routledge

Throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s, policy for inner city regeneration underwent a transformation from a reliance on central and local government activity and the use of public funds, to a much heavier dependence on private sector activities and private investment. This strategy was based on a conviction on the part of government that the "engine of enterprise" could achieve in the inner cities what local government had failed to do. It consisted of using relatively small amounts of public resources as incentives to attract commerce, business and industry back to designated sectors in or near to inner city areas. Regeneration would be development-led; enterprise activity would burgeon in the old wastelands; jobs would be created; the "inner city economies" would be revitalized and a dependent population energized by the culture of enterprise.  The Enterprise Culture and the Inner City evaluates the effectiveness of this strategy in alleviating urban deprivation. By examining four case studies--two urban development corporations, one local government-private sector, and one purely private development--the authors make detailed analyses of job creation, "leverage," impact on local residents and the "trickle effect" from enterprise down to the urban deprived.  The study is especially valuable as the fruit of independent scholarship, rather than funded research, in which the authors are able to offer a vigorously independent and critical investigation of government policy. By taking into account the result of the 1992 general election and the implications of the Olympia & York Canary Wharf project, the authors present a tenable prediction for the future of the inner city.

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