Austerity policies : bad ideas in practice /: bad ideas in practice. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Peter Rushton, Catherine Donovan.
• Editors: Rushton, Peter; Donovan, Catherine, 1961-
• Contents: 1. Introduction; Peter Rushton and Catherine Donovan.- Part One. Austerity: A Break with the Past?.- 2. Austerity: a Critical History of the Present; Peter Rushton.- 3. Austerity and the Undermining of Democracy; Ilona Buchroth and Linda Hetherington.- 4. Mothering in an Age of Austerity; Sheila Quaid.- Part Two.Undermining Professionals.- 5. Austerity and De-Professionalisation; Nigel Malin.- 6. Inspecting 'Transforming Rehabilitation': The Pitfalls of an Austerity Managerialist Approach to Offender Supervision; Nicola Roberts.- 7. Poverty, Regulation and New Forms of Educational Exclusion; Kim Gilligan.- Part Three. Some Consequences of Twenty-First Century Austerity. - 8. Cutting the Ribbon? Austerity Measures and the Problems Faced by the HIV Third Sector; Drew Dalton.- 9. 'Well That Would Be Nice, but We Can't do That in the Current Climate': Prioritising Services Under Austerity; Catherine Donovan and Matt Durey.- 10. Dangerous Times for Looked-After Children: Austerity Cuts Risking the Lives of the Most Vulnerable; Stephanie Hunter.- 11. The 'New Normal': Framing Vulnerability, Entitlement and Responsibility in Police Custody in Austere Times; Faye Cosgrove and Donna Peacock.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 361.610941; Social sciences; Welfare state; Social service ; Political sociology; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Social Policy; Sociology: work & labour; Social welfare & social services; Sociology; Social issues & processes; Central government policies; Great Britain -- Social policy; Great Britain -- Appropriations and expenditures; Great Britain -- Economic policy; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 2007-
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319791203
• Related ISBNs: 9783319791197
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