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Title Social policies and social control : New perspectives on the 'not-so-big society' / edited by Malcolm Harrison and Teela Sanders.

Publication Info. Bristol : Policy Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource
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Summary This book offers an innovative account of social-control and behaviorist thinking in social policies and welfare systems and the impact it has had on disadvantaged groups. The contributors review various controls and impulsions that have been applied to individuals and households and how such interventions have narrowed social rights.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents SOCIAL POLICIES AND SOCIAL CONTROL -- Contents -- List of boxes and figures -- Boxes -- Figures -- List of abbreviations -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Notes on contributors -- Part One: Setting the scene -- 1. Introduction -- Introducing the focus and purposes of this book -- Studying the control of behaviour -- Realities, fears and legitimation -- The social division of welfare and of social control -- Ethical and normative issues of social control -- Social policy trends in changing environments -- The foundations for the book -- 2. Social policy and the new behaviourism: towards a more excluding society -- Introduction -- Social control within welfare systems -- Disability and social control -- a troubled history and difficult present -- Conclusions -- 3. Beyond protection: 'the vulnerable' in the age of austerity -- Introduction -- New Labour, the coalition government and the rise of the 'vulnerability rationale' -- Vulnerability and the management of risk: subtle social control -- Vulnerability, neoliberalism and paternalism -- Prioritising 'the vulnerable' in the age of austerity -- Concluding comments: beyond protection -- Part Two: Policies, practices and implications in specific domains -- 4. Welfare reform and the valorisation of work: is work really the best form of welfare? -- Introduction -- Theoretical frames -- social citizenship -- Understanding work -- More conditions: the coalition government's welfare-to-work offer -- Supporting claimants to enter paid work -- Recognising the importance of demand-side barriers to work? -- Problematising the 'work is the best form of welfare' mantra -- 'Strivers and shirkers' -- drawing divisions between the 'deserving' and 'undeserving' -- Citizenship and work -- an exclusionary approach -- Conclusion.
5. Sanctuary or sanctions: children, social worth and social control in the UK asylum process -- Introduction -- Background to asylum policy -- Claiming rights: social worth -- Social control in the asylum process -- Conclusion -- 6. New Labour, the coalition government and disciplined communities -- Introduction -- Neoliberalism and governing through community -- New Labour's behaviourism -- A New Deal: a case study of New Labour's behaviourist agenda -- The coalition government programme -- Conclusion -- 7. Young people, education, families and communities: marginalised hopes and dreams? -- Introduction -- The historical context before New Labour -- New Labour -- mixed interventions for disadvantaged families -- The coalition government, schools and disadvantaged communities -- Schooling: possible options for less control and more listening -- Conclusions -- 8. Choice, control and user influence in health and social care -- Introduction -- 'Participatory engagement' -- User involvement and government policy, 1979-2013 -- The 'workings' of involvement in a northern town -- Concluding comments -- 9. Patient responsibilities, social determinants of health and nudges: the case of organ donation -- Introduction -- Health responsibilities and the NHS Constitution -- The coalition government and the promotion of 'nudges' -- Behavioural approaches to organ donation and health inequalities -- Conclusion -- 10. Nudged into employment: lone parents and welfare reform -- Introduction -- New Labour's policies on work and the family -- Continuity and change after the 2010 General Election -- Austerity: the impact on families -- The contractual nature of relationships between citizens and the state -- What does this mean for lone parents? -- Balancing paid work with family life: challenges for lone parents -- Individualising social risks.
Nudged into employment? -- Conclusions -- 11. Welfare reform and drug policy: coalition, continuity and change -- Introduction -- The politics and policy of the drugs-crime link -- New Labour's early drug policy -- Enter the coalition government: work, employment and behaviour change for 'recovery' -- Conclusion -- 12. Regulating social housing: expectations for behaviour of tenants -- Introduction -- The backdrop of housing policy -- Controlling access to and security of housing tenures -- Employment, welfare and social housing -- 'Punishment' and 'empowerment' in social housing -- Conclusions -- Part Three: Conclusions -- 13. Concluding thoughts: the consequences of a 'not-so-big society' -- Introduction -- A review of findings -- Concluding observations and interpretations -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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Subject Social policy.
Social policy.
Social control.
Social control.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Harrison, Malcolm.
Sanders, Teela.
Other Form: Print version: Harrison, Malcolm. Social policies and social control. Policy Press 2014 1306823854
ISBN 9781447310761 (electronic book)
1447310764 (electronic book)
1306823854 (electronic book)
9781306823852 (electronic book)
9781447310747
1447310748