In the context of shifting public expenditure and related cuts to public services, the Voluntary
Sector (VS) has been given a prominent role in the organisation of social care. Government …

In the context of shifting public expenditure and related cuts to public services, the Voluntary
Sector (VS) has been given a prominent role in the organisation of social care. Government …

Ferguson and Lavalette's article addresses the personalisation, marketisation and
privatisation of public services, but does not fully address financialisation, despite it having a …

The article focuses on adult social care (ASC) in the United Kingdom (UK). The sector has
undergone a radical transformation over the past thirty years, changing from a public …

It has become commonplace to say that there is a crisis in adult social care in the United
Kingdom. This comment reflects on empirical and conceptual work on care, and feminist …

This paper examines voluntary sector care and support provision under a context of
significantly reduced government funding. Whilst geographers have analysed the causes …

The policy of personalisation in adult social care was initially associated with the New
Labour government. It was presented as a way of simultaneously ensuring the fuller …

In response to the current global crisis of capitalism, the Conservative/Liberal Democrat
coalition government in the United Kingdom has imposed a policy of 'austerity', which seeks …

Social services are at the forefront of the continued neoliberal transformation of public
services and the welfare state in the UK. The social care market was constructed by …

If you want to know why adult social care is in crisis this is the book for you. Wide ranging in
its themes and historical trajectory, it sets out the path of social care through the height of …