Social policy, social welfare and scandal : how British public policy is made
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Social policy, social welfare and scandal : how British public policy is made
Palgrave Macmillan, 2003
Available at 17 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-237) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book explores the complex relationship between public policy and scandal. By critically examining some of the landmark scandals of the post war period, using a variety of contemporary records and by close examination of the public inquiries which followed, this book describes the process whereby scandals are constructed and pursued, and demonstrates how scandals coincide with key shifts in public policy, in ways that are more complex and reciprocal than might first appear.
Table of Contents
Scandal 'Gothic Nightmare': Madness and Public Policy from the Eighteenth Century 'The Corruption of Care': The Ely Hospital Inquiry 1969 'Household Happiness, Gracious Children': Children, Welfare and Public Policy 1840-1970 The Story of Cinderella: The Maria Colwell Inquiry 1974 'Mere Oblivion': The Development of Community Care 'Carnage in the Community': The Christopher Clunis Inquiry 1993 'An Ambience of Uneasiness': The Residential Care of Children 1834-1990 'A Narrow, Punitive and Harshly Restrictive Experience': The Staffordshire Childcare Inquiry 1991 Scandal, Welfare and Public Policy
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