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Scandal, social policy and social welfare

Scandal, social policy and social welfare


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About the Book

Scandals do not just happen. They are made. They are constructed out of such everyday tragedies as the small carelessnesses and institutional brutality of the long stay hospital, the abuse of children or the violent deaths of innocent bystanders. This book, by examining the landmark scandals of the post-war period, including more recent ones, such as the Victoria Climbie Inquiry, reveals how scandals are generated, to what purposes they are used and whose interests they are made to serve. In particular, it examines the role of the public inquiry, an increasingly familiar policy device, in the process whereby the 'story' of a particular scandal is told and its meaning fixed. Using transcripts, press coverage, materials from the Public Record Office and other contemporary sources each of the scandals described in the book is located in its own historical and policy context in order to explore the complex cause and effect relationship between public policy and scandal.
About the Author: Ian Butler, Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath. and Mark Drakeford, School of Social Sciences, University of Wales, Cardiff


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781861347466
  • Publisher: Policy Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press
  • Depth: 19
  • Height: 231 mm
  • No of Pages: 320
  • Series Title: Basw/Policy Press Titles
  • Weight: 453 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1861347464
  • Publisher Date: 20 Jul 2005
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Edition: 2 Rev ed
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 18 mm
  • Width: 152 mm


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