New Managerialism, New Welfare?: (Published in Association with The Open University)

New Managerialism, New Welfare is a carefully integrated textbook that explores the continuing restructuring of the state and social welfare in the United Kingdom. It combines studies of specific policy areas - such as health, education, criminal justice, local government - with chapters that examine cross-cutting themes and developments. The book provides a thorough and critical reflection on New Labour′s vision of the past and future of social welfare and public services in the construction of a `modern society′.

Table of Contents:
Reinventing the Welfare State - John Clarke, Sharon Gewirtz and Eugene McLaughlin Managerialism and Public Service - Norman Flynn Some International Trends Beyond the New Public Management? - Janet Newman Modernizing Public Services Entrepreneurial Governance and Public Management - Paul du Gay The Anti-Bureaucrats Unpacking Partnership - Tom Ling The Case of Health Care Health Care - Lynne Poole New Labour′s NHS Local Government - Allan Cochrane Magerialism and Modernization Social Housing - Roberta Woods Managing Multiple Pressures Social Services - Mary Langan Managing the Third Way The Criminal Justice System - Eugene McLaughlin and John Muncie New Labour′s New Partnership Leisure - Alan Clarke Managerialism and Public Space Modernizing Managerialism in Education - Ross Fergusson Education - Jenny Ozga New Labour, New Teachers Managing Performance Through Pay - Barbara Waine Guarding the Public Interest? - John Clarke, Sharon Gewirtz, Gordon Hughes and Jill Humphrey Auditing Public Services

About the Author :
Eugene McLaughlin is Professor of Criminology and co-director of the Centre for Crime and Justice Research. He is also a member of the Centre for Law Justice and Journalism. He completed his postgraduate criminology studies at the University of Cambridge and the University of Sheffield. Eugene has held various academic appointments including at the University of Hong Kong, the Open University and the University of Southampton. He has also been Visiting Professor at the Department of Sociology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, the Department of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies. He is an associate editor of Crime, Media and Cultureand is on the editorial board of Criminal Justice Matters. He has served on the editorial boards of the British Journal of Criminology, Critical Social Policy, the Howard Journal of Criminal Justice and was co-editor of Theoretical Criminology.

Review :
`The editors have assembled an original collection of papers from leading academics in social policy...in exploring the nature of New Labour′s modernisation project and vision of welfare, it will be extremely relevant to a much wider audience, including students, welfare practitioners and managers′ - British Journal of Social Work