A History of the Personal Social Services in England : Feast, Famine and the Future /: Feast, Famine and the Future. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ray Jones.
• Authors: Jones, Ray
• Contents: 1. Introduction: History and Hints. Part 1. Creating the Personal Social Services.- 2. Seizing the Moment: The Seebohm Committee.- 3. Scripting the Future: The Seebohm Report.- 4. Preparing the Platform: The Local Authority Social Services Bill and Act.- Part 2. The Personal Social Services in Action.- 5. Creating the Empires: Promise and Potential (1970-1976).- 6. The Seismic Shifts of the Mid-1970s.- 7. Norming and Storming: Social Work Debates and Developments in the 1970s.- 8. Thatcher and Threat (1979-1989).- Part 3. New Laws and New Horizons.- 9. A Drama in Two Parts: Part I The 1989 Children Act and Children's Social Services.- 10. A Drama in Two Parts: Part II The 1990 NHS and Community Care Act and Adult Social Services and Social Work.- Part 4. The Recent Reforms and Unravelling.- 11. New Labour: New Agendas (1997-2010).- 12. Coalition and Conservatives: Austerity and Hostility (2010-2020).- Part 5. Reflecting and Re-routing.- 13. The Personal Social Services Today and Tomorrow.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (494 pages)
• Subjects: Social sciences; Social service ; Social policy; Social structure; Social inequality; Social history; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Social Policy; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; History -- Social History; Political economy; Social issues & processes; Social & cultural history; Social welfare & social services
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030461232
• Related ISBNs: 9783030461225
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.