Table of contents - Special Issue: Decentring social policy: narratives, resistance and practices
Guest Editors: Mark Bevir, Catherine Needham
Contesting the austerity and “welfare reform” narrative of the UK Government: Forging a social democratic imaginary in Scotland
Jay WigganThe “welfare reform” narrative of successive Conservative-led UK Government emphasises public spending reductions, individual responsibility and strengthening of benefit…
“The way things get done around here…” Exploring spatial biographies, social policy and governance in the North East of England
Jon WarrenThe purpose of this paper is to argue that the application of social policy in the North East of England is often characterised by tension and conflict. The agencies and…
The governance of vulnerability: regulation, support and social divisions in action
Kate BrownDiverse narratives and practices concerned with “vulnerability” increasingly inform how a range of social issues are understood and addressed, yet the subtle creep of the notion…
Making it real or sustaining a fantasy? Personal budgets for older people
Karen West, Catherine NeedhamThe purpose of this paper is to examine the current policy of extending personal budgets to older people.
“Impact”, research and slaying Zombies: the pressures and possibilities of the REF
Robert MacDonaldThe purpose of this paper is to reflect critically upon current debates and tensions in the governance of research in the UK and more widely, particularly the imperative that…
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