The causes and effects of marketization of public services have been analysed extensively
in the literature, but there is relatively little research on how those policies impact on the …

Abstract The Financial Crisis of 2008 resulted in many western economies implementing
cuts in health and social care. This systematic review provides a holistic picture of the impact …

With over 40,000 copies sold across its lifetime, this is social work classic from a leading
international author. Synthesizing the complex ideas and concepts that characterize social …

Disabled people experience profound discrimination and social disadvantage, but this has
not generated substantial interest among mainstream sociologists. Barnes, Mercer and …

In Offending and Desistance, Beth Weaver examines the role of a co-offending peer group in
shaping and influencing offending and desistance, focusing on three phases of their criminal …

In August 2006, along with other British social work academics, I was fortunate enough to
attend the International Association of Schools of Social Work Conference in Santiago …

Direct payments and personal budgets are two of the most exciting and important
developments in adult social care since the Second World War. From very small-scale …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Sara Miller McCune founded SAGE Publishing in 1965 to
support the dissemination of usable knowledge and educate a global community. SAGE …

Written by two leading authors in the field, Social Work and Spirituality provides a critical
engagement with the concept of spirituality and a much needed framework for the …

A key feature of new public management is the tendency to equate quality and
accountability with documentation. Human service organizations increasingly rely on …