| Professional Discretion in Welfare Services: Beyond Street-Level Bureaucracy Contributor(s): Evans, Tony (Author) |
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ISBN: 0754674916 ISBN-13: 9780754674917 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $188.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Social Science | Social Work - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 361.006 |
| LCCN: 2010007091 |
| Series: Contemporary Social Work Studies |
| Physical Information: 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Discretion has re-emerged as an issue of central importance for welfare professionals over the last two decades in the face of an intensification of management culture across the public sector. This book presents an innovative framework for the analysis of discretion, offering three accounts of the managerial role - the domination model, the street level model and the author's alternative discursive perspective. These different regimes of discretion are examined through a case study within a social services department, comparing and contrasting social work discretion in an Older Persons Team and a Mental Health Team. This innovative, theoretical and empirical analysis will be of great interest to postgraduate students and researchers in social work and related disciplines including social policy, public administration and organizational studies, as well as professionals in social work, health and education. |