The Managerial State
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The Managerial State

Power, Politics and Ideology in the Remaking of Social Welfare

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Managerial State

Power, Politics and Ideology in the Remaking of Social Welfare

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1 - From the Cradle to the Grave: The Crises of the Post-War Welfare Settlements
  6. Chapter 2 - Towards the Managerial State?
  7. Chapter 3 - A Change for the Better? The Tyranny of Transformation
  8. Chapter 4 - The Making of Management: Regimes of Power
  9. Chapter 5 - Incentives, Institutions and Identities: Shaping the Managerial State
  10. Chapter 6 - Capturing the Customer: The Politics of Representation
  11. Chapter 7 - Reinventing the Public
  12. Chapter 8 - An Unstable State?
  13. Bibliography
  14. Index