Partnerships, New Labour and the Governance of Welfare

by Glendinning, Caroline; Powell, Martin; Rummery, Kirstein

• ISBN13: 9781861343390
• ISBN10: 1861343396
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Policy Pr

Summary

Current policy encourages 'partnerships' - between statutory organisations and professionals; public and private sectors; with voluntary organisations and local communities. But is this collaborative discourse really as distinctive as the Labour Government claims? How far do contemporary partnerships exemplify an approach to governing which is based on networks (as distinct from hierarchies and markets)? Partnerships, New Labour and the governance of welfare:provides an up-to-date critical analysis of partnerships;addresses the highly topical theme of 'partnerships' as the means of achieving joined-up government;presents empirical evidence from a wide range of welfare partnerships;examines the relationships between local welfare partnerships and the management of those partnerships by central government;reveals the imbalance of power which characterises many contemporary partnerships.[vbTab][vbTab]It is essential reading for academics and students of contemporary social and public policy and for those with an interest in networks and other theories of welfare governance.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Notes on contributors	viii
Introduction	1	(14)
Martin Powell
Caroline Glendinning
Partnerships, quasi-networks and social policy	15	(18)
Martin Powell
Mark Exworthy
Partnership and the remaking of welfare governance	33	(18)
John Clarke
Caroline Glendinning
What is a `successful' partnership and how can it be measured?	51	(16)
Bob Hudson
Brian Hardy
Partnership at the front-line: the Well Family service and Primary care	67	(14)
Karen Clarke
Kirstein Summery
Building capacity for collaboration in English Health Action Zones	81	(16)
Marian Barnes
Helen Sullivan
Partnerships for local governance: citizens, communities and accountability	97	(16)
Guy Daly
Howard Davis
Partnerships with the voluntary sector: can Compacts work?	113	(18)
Pete Alcock
Duncan Scott
Dangerous liaisons: local government and the voluntary and community sectors	131	(18)
Gary Craig
Marilyn Taylor
`Together we'll crack it': partnership and the governance of crime prevention	149	(18)
Gordon Hughes
Eugene McLaughlin
Regeneration partnerships under New Labour: a case of creeping centralisation	167	(16)
Jonathan S. Davies
Education Action Zones	183	(16)
Marny Dickson
Sharon Gewirtz
David Halpin
Sally Power
Geoff Whitty
Public--private partnerships -- the case of PFI	199	(14)
Sally Ruane
Public--private partnerships in pensions policies	213	(16)
Sue Ward
Towards a theory of welfare partnerships	229	(18)
Kirstein Summery
Index	247