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  • Across the Generations

    Old People and Young Volunteers

    Series series National Institute Social Services Library
    Voluntary work is sometimes praised, sometimes criticised, but was seldom the subject of objective evaluation. Given the importance of the voluntary sector in the social services at the time, the lack of systematic research into its performance was cause for concern. Originally published in 1975, the particular value of this study was twofold: first it provided a detailed and vivid picture of the ... Read more

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  • When Social Services are Local

    The Normanton Experience

    Series series National Institute Social Services Library
    In the early 1980s in Britain the organisation of the personal social services had come under increasingly critical scrutiny. The establishment of large social services departments following re-organisation in the early 1970s had led, some argued, to the emergence of services which all too often were over-centralised, fragmented and crisis-oriented in their approach.In attempts to break out of ... Read more

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  • Social Welfare and the Failure of the State

    Centralised Social Services and Participatory Alternatives

    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Welfare and the State
    Originally published in 1981 Social Welfare and the Failure of the State looks at how the 1980s have ushered in an intensification on the debate of the role of the state in social welfare. The book highlights the trends towards centralisation in modern Britain and then provides a critical argument on to new ground. It highlights the trends towards centralisation in modern Britain and then provides ... Read more

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