Derek Birrell - Delivering Social Welfare: Governance and Service Provision in the UK

Delivering Social Welfare: Governance and Service Provision in the UK — read online for free the complete book (whole text) full work

Below is the text of the book, divided by pages. System saving the place of the last page read, allows you to conveniently read the book "Delivering Social Welfare: Governance and Service Provision in the UK" online for free, without having to search again every time where you left off. Put a bookmark, and you can go to the page where you finished reading at any time.

Light

Font size:

↓

↑

Georgia Tahoma Arial Verdana

Reset

Interval:

↓

↑

Bookmark:

Make

1234567...94

First published in Great Britain in 2017 by

Policy Press University of Bristol 1-9 Old Park Hill Bristol BS2 8BB UK Tel +44 (0)117 954 5940 e-mail

North American office: Policy Press c/o The University of Chicago Press 1427 East 60th Street Chicago, IL 60637, USA t: +1 773 702 7700 f: +1 773-702-9756

Policy Press 2017

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
A catalog record for this book has been requested.

ISBN 978-1-4473-1917-7 hardcover
ISBN 978-1-4473-1918-4 paperback
ISBN 978-1-4473-1919-1 ePub
ISBN 978-1-4473-1920-7 Mobi
ISBN 978-1-4473-1921-4 ePdf

The right of Derek Birrell and Ann Marie Gray to be identified as authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the 1988 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act.

All rights reserved: no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission of Policy Press.

The statements and opinions contained within this publication are solely those of the authors and not of The University of Bristol or Policy Press. The University of Bristol and Policy Press disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any material published in this publication.

Policy Press works to counter discrimination on grounds of gender, race, disability, age and sexuality.

Cover design by Lyn Davies
Front cover: image kindly supplied by Getty
Readers Guide
This book has been optimised for PDA.
Tables may have been presented to accommodate this devices limitations.
Image presentation is limited by this devices limitations.

Derek Birrell:

To my granddaughter Keeley

Ann Marie Gray:

To David

Contents

Tables

Boxes

ADASS	Association of Directors of Adult Social Services
ALB	arms length body
ALMO	arms-length management organisation
BIC	British Irish Council
BMA	British Medical Association
CAF	Common Assessment Framework
CCG	Clinical Commissioning Group
CHP	Community Health Partnerships
CQC	Care Quality Commission
CRCs	Community Rehabilitation Companies
DBIS	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
DCLG	Department for Communities and Local Government
DETR	Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions
DHSSPS	Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (NI)
DoE	Department for Education
DoH	Department of Health
DSD	Department for Social Development
DUP	Democratic Unionist Party
DWP	Department for Work and Pensions
EFA	Education Funding Agency
ETI	Education and Training Inspectorate
HEFC	Higher Education Funding Council
HMRC	Her Majestys Revenue and Customs
HRA	Housing Revenue Account
ICPs	Integrated Care Partnerships
LGA	Local Government Association
LGO	Local Government Ombudsman
LHBs	Local Health Boards
LSP	local strategic partnership
NAO	National Audit Office
NDPB	non-departmental public body
NHE	National Health Executive
NHS	National Health Service
NICE	National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
NIE	Northern Ireland Executive
NIHCE	National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
NIHE	Northern Ireland Housing Executive
NIAO	Northern Ireland Audit Office
NOMS	National Offender Management Service
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OFCOM	Office of Communications
Ofqual	Office of Qualifications and Examination Regulations
Ofsted	Office for Standards in Education, Childrens Services and Skills
PAC	Public Accounts Committee
PCT	Primary Care Trust
PESA	Public expenditure statistical analysis
PFI	Private Finance Initiative
PHSO	Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman
PPP	public/private partnership
PSA	public service agreement
quango	Quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation
RSG	Revenue Support Grant
SCF	Scottish Funding Council
SCIE	Social Care Institute for Excellence
SDLP	Social Democratic and Labour Party
SEN	special educational needs
SNP	Scottish National Party
SSAC	Social Security Advisory Committee
TMOs	Tenant Management Organisations
TUC	Trades Union Congress

We would like to thank a number of people for their encouragement and support in the successful completion of this book. We have received enormous help from Liz McNeill and Amanda Higgins in producing the text. Our colleagues, especially Cathy Gormley Heenan, Goretti Horgan and Ruth Fee have provided support and encouragement. Thanks to Michael Hill for his advice and constructive comments. A huge thanks to the team at Policy Press for their excellent support and helpful comments, especially Laura Vickers, Emily Watt and Jo Morton.

Next page

1234567...94

Light

Font size:

↓

↑

Georgia Tahoma Arial Verdana

Reset

Interval:

↓

↑

Bookmark:

Make

Similar books «Delivering Social Welfare: Governance and Service Provision in the UK»

Look at similar books to Delivering Social Welfare: Governance and Service Provision in the UK. We have selected literature similar in name and meaning in the hope of providing readers with more options to find new, interesting, not yet read works.

Keith Pringle

Men, Masculinity and Social Welfare

Ian Cummins

Poverty, Inequality and Social Work: The Impact of Neo-Liberalism and Austerity Politics on Welfare Provision

Masoud Kamali (editor)

Neoliberalism, Nordic Welfare States and Social Work: Current and Future Challenges

Augustine Birrell

Obiter Dicta: Second Series

Noel W. Timms

Talking About Welfare: Readings in Philosophy

Fiona William

Welfare Research

Derek Prince

The Promise of Provision: Living and Giving from Gods Abundant Supply

Mariely Lopez-Santana

The New Governance of Welfare States in the United States and Europe: Between Decentralization and Centralization in the Activation Era

Rik van Berkel

Frontline Delivery of Welfare-To-Work Policies in Europe: Activating the Unemployed

Paul Spicker

Arguments for Welfare: The Welfare State and Social Policy

Md. Nurul Momen

Building Sustainable Communities: Civil Society Response in South Asia

Bent Greve

The A to Z of the Welfare State

Discussion, reviews of the book Delivering Social Welfare: Governance and Service Provision in the UK and just readers' own opinions. Leave your comments, write what you think about the work, its meaning or the main characters. Specify what exactly you liked and what you didn't like, and why you think so.