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On the 80th anniversary of Beveridge’s report on the ‘Five
Giants’ confronting societal progress in the 1940s, this
innovative book examines the ‘New Giants’ confronting us today:
inequality, preventable mortality, the crisis of democracy, job
quality, and environmental degradation. Ian Greener uses
Qualitative Comparative Analysis and cluster analysis across 24
countries to analyse which countries are the highest performing in
relation to each of the New Giants, and what they have in common.
The book indicates that confronting the New Giants requires more
participative modes of governance, as well as a greater commitment
to redistributing wealth and achieving higher levels of education.
Greener also highlights how higher levels of globalization, so long
as they are combined with these factors, can be compatible with
confronting the New Giants. The book further considers how these
factors combined in countries with lower levels of mortality in the
first six months of the Covid-19 pandemic. This will be critical
reading for social policy and politics scholars and policy makers
interested in comparative analysis. The clear explanation of the
research methods used in the book will be useful to advanced level
students and researchers in the field.
On the 80th anniversary of Beveridge's report on the 'Five Giants'
confronting societal progress in the 1940s, this innovative book
examines the 'New Giants' confronting us today: inequality,
preventable mortality, the crisis of democracy, job quality, and
environmental degradation. Ian Greener uses Qualitative Comparative
Analysis and cluster analysis across 24 countries to analyse which
countries are the highest performing in relation to each of the New
Giants, and what they have in common. The book indicates that
confronting the New Giants requires more participative modes of
governance, as well as a greater commitment to redistributing
wealth and achieving higher levels of education. Greener also
highlights how higher levels of globalization, so long as they are
combined with these factors, can be compatible with confronting the
New Giants. The book further considers how these factors combined
in countries with lower levels of mortality in the first six months
of the Covid-19 pandemic. This will be critical reading for social
policy and politics scholars and policy makers interested in
comparative analysis. The clear explanation of the research methods
used in the book will be useful to advanced level students and
researchers in the field.
Incorporating insights from political economy and behavioural
psychology, this radical book provides an up-to-date account of the
dilemmas facing social policy this decade: where did we go wrong,
and what we can do about it? Ian Greener reconsiders one of the
leading analyses by Jessop of the relationship between the economic
and the political, combining it with insights from behavioural
science. Covering the economy, healthcare, education and social
security, detailed case studies show that the tensions and
contradictions in present policy stem from the relationship between
government and corporations and a resulting growth in inequality.
The author presents a new, unified and effective framework to
consider where social policy has come from, where it is now, and
what what can we do about it? This book is ideal for those who want
the bigger picture of politics and social policy, including
advanced undergraduates and postgraduate students of social policy,
welfare studies, politics, or other social science disciplines.
Focusing on the policy approaches of Conservative governments since
2015, this book examines key social policy areas including
education, health, housing, employment, children and young people
and more. Respected social policy researchers explore the degree to
which the positions and policies of recent Conservative governments
have differed from the previous Coalition government (2010-2015).
They consider the extent to which austerity has continued and the
influence of other policy emphases, such as a ‘levelling up’
agenda. Reflecting the rapid changes of Prime Minister, they
compare the themes of the Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak
administrations, critically examine the impacts of the external
shocks of Brexit and COVID-19, as well as changing patterns of
public expenditure.
Focusing on the policy approaches of Conservative governments since
2015, this book examines key social policy areas including
education, health, housing, employment, children and young people
and more. Respected social policy researchers explore the degree to
which the positions and policies of recent Conservative governments
have differed from the previous Coalition government (2010-2015).
They consider the extent to which austerity has continued and the
influence of other policy emphases, such as a ‘levelling up’
agenda. Reflecting the rapid changes of Prime Minister, they
compare the themes of the Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak
administrations, critically examine the impacts of the external
shocks of Brexit and COVID-19, as well as changing patterns of
public expenditure.
Incorporating insights from political economy and behavioural
psychology, this radical book provides an up-to-date account of the
dilemmas facing social policy this decade: where did we go wrong,
and what we can do about it? Ian Greener reconsiders one of the
leading analyses by Jessop of the relationship between the economic
and the political, combining it with insights from behavioural
science. Covering the economy, healthcare, education and social
security, detailed case studies show that the tensions and
contradictions in present policy stem from the relationship between
government and corporations and a resulting growth in inequality.
The author presents a new, unified and effective framework to
consider where social policy has come from, where it is now, and
what what can we do about it? This book is ideal for those who want
the bigger picture of politics and social policy, including
advanced undergraduates and postgraduate students of social policy,
welfare studies, politics, or other social science disciplines.
Health services are among the most expensive and complex areas of
social policy. Using qualitative comparative analysis to explore 11
developed countries' health services, this volume considers the
links between a range of different outcome measures and levels of
funding, social determinants and different types of health
expenditures. It also reflects on how those systems responded to
the first wave of COVID-19. This ambitious text identifies which
underpinning factors are associated with the strongest outcomes,
providing a rigorous account of health systems and health policies
in the context of their wider economies and societies.
Health services are among the most expensive and complex areas of
social policy. Using qualitative comparative analysis to explore 11
developed countries' health services, this volume considers the
links between a range of different outcome measures and levels of
funding, social determinants and different types of health
expenditures. It also reflects on how those systems responded to
the first wave of COVID-19. This ambitious text identifies which
underpinning factors are associated with the strongest outcomes,
providing a rigorous account of health systems and health policies
in the context of their wider economies and societies.
NHS reform continues to be a topical yet contentious issue in the
UK. Reforming healthcare: What's the evidence? is the first major
critical overview of the research published on healthcare reform in
England from 1990 onwards by a team of leading UK health policy
academics. It explores work considering the Conservative internal
market of the 1990s and New Labour's healthcare reorganizations,
including its attempts at performance management and the
reintroduction of market-based reform from 2004 to 2010. It then
considers the implications of this research for current debates
about healthcare reorganization in England, and internationally. As
the most up-to-date summary of what research says works in English
healthcare reform, this essential review is aimed at anyone
interested in the wide-ranging debates about health reorganization,
but especially students and academics interested in social policy,
public management and health policy.
NHS reform continues to be a topical yet contentious issue in the
UK. Reforming healthcare: What's the evidence? is the first major
critical overview of the research published on healthcare reform in
England from 1990 onwards by a team of leading UK health policy
academics. It explores work considering the Conservative internal
market of the 1990s and New Labour's healthcare reorganizations,
including its attempts at performance management and the
reintroduction of market-based reform from 2004 to 2010. It then
considers the implications of this research for current debates
about healthcare reorganization in England, and internationally. As
the most up-to-date summary of what research says works in English
healthcare reform, this essential review is aimed at anyone
interested in the wide-ranging debates about health reorganization,
but especially students and academics interested in social policy,
public management and health policy.
Social Policy Review provides students, academics, and all those
interested in UK welfare issues with critical analyses of progress
and change in areas of major interest during the past year. The
book presents an up-to-date and diverse review of the best in
social policy scholarship. It brings together specially
commissioned reviews of key areas of UK research, examining
important debates in the field. It considers a range of issues,
including assessments of Labour's social policy after three terms
in office, service-user involvement, and the labor market impact of
the economic crisis. It also includes the winner of the Social
Policy Association's best postgraduate paper award.
Social Policy Review provides students, academics and all those
interested in welfare issues with critical analyses of progress and
change in areas of major interest during the past year. This year
the Review takes the opportunity of the 60th anniversary of the key
legislation founding the welfare state in the UK to provide a
comprehensive overview of policy developments in the UK and
internationally. The first part brings together a selection of
papers which have been commissioned to examine historical and
contemporary developments in policy tackling Beveridge's five evils
of want, idleness, disease, squalor and ignorance, looking at how
policy has changed since the aims and ideology of the inception of
the post-war welfare state. The second part looks at the issue of
the current challenges facing children's welfare services
internationally: always a contemporary and contentious issue. The
final part brings together a selection of papers looking at the
effect of policy development at various governance levels on social
policy. The contributions bring together an exciting mix of
internationally renowned authors to provide comprehensive
discussion of the some of the most challenging issues facing social
policy today.
This book challenges existing stereotypes about the 'consumer as
chooser'. It shows how we must develop a more sophisticated
understanding of consumers, examining their place and role as users
of public services. The analysis shows that there are many
different 'faces' of the consumer and that it is not easy to
categorise users in particular environments. Drawing on empirical
research, "The consumer in public services" critiques established
assumptions surrounding citizenship and consumption. Choice may
grab the policy headlines but other essential values are revealed
as important throughout the book. One issue concerns the 'subjects'
of consumerism, or who it is that presents themselves when they
come to use public services. Another concerns consumer
'mechanisms', or the ways that public services try to relate to
these people. Bringing these issues together for the first time,
with cutting-edge contributions from a range of leading
researchers, the message is that today's public services must learn
to cope with a differentiated public. This book will be of interest
to scholars and students in the fields of social policy and public
administration. It will also appeal to policy-makers leading
'user-focused' public service reforms, as well as those responsible
for implementing such reforms at the frontline of modern public
services.
This book contends that attempts to reform the NHS can only be
understood by reference to both the wider social and political
context, and to the organisational and ideational legacies present
within the NHS itself. It aims to take students beyond a basic
understanding of the historical development of health policy in the
UK, to one that demonstrates an appreciation of the interactions
between health policy, organisation and society. Continuity and
change in the NHS: * acts as a crucial bridge between conventional
textbooks on the NHS and contemporary health policy research; *
provides a theoretically rigorous but accessible account of the
development of policy and organisational change not found
elsewhere; * presents new scholarship in the political economy of
welfare in a clear format. The book is aimed at third year and
post-graduate students of politics, public management and health
studies. It provides a theoretically inspired account of the
development of health policy and organisation in the UK which will
also be of interest to academics and researchers in the field.
Designing Social Research aims to guide students and new
researchers using everyday non-jargonised language through the
jungle of setting up their own research study. Ian Greener provides
readers an accessible combination of guidance on how to practically
plan one's research and understand the underpinning methodological
principles that should inform the decisions we make about the
methods we plan to use. This is the perfect starter book for anyone
looking to design their own research project and make sense of and
justify the many decisions that go into the research design
process. The goal throughout is to enable students and researchers
to assess the appropriateness of a range of methods and to get
understanding of the strengths and limitations of different
approaches to research. Greener highlights key debates in the field
- both philosophical and practical - and presents them in such a
way that they remain constantly relevant to research practice of
his readers. Coverage includes: - Framing an effective research
question/problem; - Examining the jargon of social research; - The
links between theory, methodology and method; - The role of
literature reviewing in research design; - Managing and planning
the research process; - Sampling; - Qualitative designs; -
Quantitative designs; - Mixed methods designs; - Data analysis.
Designing Social Research will be ideal first reading for M-level
students and undergraduates planning significant research projects
for their dissertations. It will also be invaluable to first year
PhD students considering how they will go about their research
projects.
This book contends that attempts to reform the NHS can only be
understood by reference to both the wider social and political
context, and to the organisational and ideational legacies present
within the NHS itself. It aims to take students beyond a basic
understanding of the historical development of health policy in the
UK, to one that demonstrates an appreciation of the interactions
between health policy, organisation and society. Continuity and
change in the NHS: * acts as a crucial bridge between conventional
textbooks on the NHS and contemporary health policy research; *
provides a theoretically rigorous but accessible account of the
development of policy and organisational change not found
elsewhere; * presents new scholarship in the political economy of
welfare in a clear format. The book is aimed at third year and
post-graduate students of politics, public management and health
studies. It provides a theoretically inspired account of the
development of health policy and organisation in the UK which will
also be of interest to academics and researchers in the field.
Taking a critical approach, it examines the key concepts and ideas
of public management. Comparative case studies introduce students
to public management ideas from the US, the UK, and Europe. The new
edition is fully updated to reflect the financial crisis and its
impact on the way public services are now being reformed across the
world.
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