The Changing Role of Social Care

Edited by Bob Hudson

Number 37 in the Research Highlights in Social Work series

Paperback: £25.00 / $39.95

1999, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 200pp
ISBN: 978-1-85302-752-9, BIC 2: JKS

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1. Introduction and Overview, Bob Hudson, Nuffield Institute for Health, University of Leeds. Part One: The Changing Role of Social Care. 2. New Approaches to Local Governance, John Stewart, Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham. 3. Changes in the Statutory Sector. Nirmala Rao, Goldsmith's College, University of London. 4. Changes in the Private Sector, Brian Hardy and Gerald Wistow, Nuffield Institute for Health, University of Leeds. 5. Changes in the Voluntary Sector, Jeremy Kendall, London School of Economics. 6. Human Resources in Social Care, Sue Balloch, National Institute for Social Work. 7. The Changing Role of Users and Carers, Julia Twigg, University of Kent. Part Two: Working Across Boundaries. 8. Social Care and Housing, Murray Hawtin, Policy Research Institute, Leeds Metropolitan University. 9. Social Care and Social Security, Geoff Fimister, Principal Welfare Rights Officer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council. 10. Central - Local Relations: The Changing Balance of Direction vs Discretion in Social Care, Melanie Henwood, Independent Policy Analyst and Visiting Fellow, Nuffield Institute for Health, University of Leeds. Part Three: Comparative Perspectives. 11. UK Variations in Social Care, Alison Petch, University of Glasgow. 12. Who Pays? Who Provides? Towards a Comparative Approach to the Study of Social Care, Michael Hill, Goldsmith's College, University of London. 13.Conclusion: `Modernising Social Services': A Blueprint for the New Millennium? Bob Hudson. Index.

Author information

• Bob Hudson

Subject areas

• Health, Social Work and Social Care

Keywords

• community care,
• social care,
• social policy,
• social work

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