In Whose Interest?: The Privatisation of Child Protection and Social Work

Ray Jones

doi:10.46692/9781447351276

What is the social cost of privatising public services? And, what effect has the failure of previous privatisations had? This book tells how social work services are now being out-sourced to private companies and how this trend threatens the safety and wellbeing of vulnerable children and disabled adults.

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Frontmatter
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Foreword
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About the author
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Introduction
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Part 1 - The recent history
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one - How did we get here? The recent moves to privatise children’s social services and social work
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two - Creeping political control: the Children and Social Work Bill and anti-professionalism
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three - The key players and their networks
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Part 2 - The long haul
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four - The formation of the welfare state and its 1980s rejection by Thatcher
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five - Thatcher’s levers and mechanisms to promote marketisation and privatisation
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six - Blair and New Labour’s continuation of the journey towards privatisation
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seven - Cameron, the coalition and the Conservatives: ‘Cambornism’ and enhanced Thatcherism
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Part 3 - The impact of privatisation
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eight - Privatisation of public services and the undermining of the welfare state
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nine - The experience and outcomes of privatising public services
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ten - The impact to date of the privatisation of social care, social services and social work
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Part 4 - Changing course
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eleven - No to TINA: an alternative journey for social work and children’s social services
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Notes and references
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Index
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Foreword
pp vii-ix

About the author
pp x-x

Introduction
pp 1-4

Part 1 - The recent history
pp 5-6

one - How did we get here? The recent moves to privatise children’s social services and social work
pp 7-51

two - Creeping political control: the Children and Social Work Bill and anti-professionalism
pp 52-90

three - The key players and their networks
pp 91-106

Part 2 - The long haul
pp 107-108

four - The formation of the welfare state and its 1980s rejection by Thatcher
pp 109-116

five - Thatcher’s levers and mechanisms to promote marketisation and privatisation
pp 117-136

six - Blair and New Labour’s continuation of the journey towards privatisation
pp 137-153

seven - Cameron, the coalition and the Conservatives: ‘Cambornism’ and enhanced Thatcherism
pp 154-164

Part 3 - The impact of privatisation
pp 165-166

eight - Privatisation of public services and the undermining of the welfare state
pp 167-176

nine - The experience and outcomes of privatising public services
pp 177-230

ten - The impact to date of the privatisation of social care, social services and social work
pp 231-260

Part 4 - Changing course
pp 261-262

eleven - No to TINA: an alternative journey for social work and children’s social services
pp 263-306

Notes and references
pp 307-376

Index
pp 377-387

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