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 …

This article presents findings from a focused scoping review of the published literature on
self-directed support (SDS), the term adopted by the Scottish Government to refer to its …

Background Internationally, deinstitutionalization and the provision of community-based
care are growing policy aims. Several developed countries have thus introduced cash-for …

Peter Beresford is Professor of Social Policy and the Director of the Centre for Citizen
Participation at Brunel University. He is also the chair of Shaping Our Lives, the national …

As personalization has dominated the policy agenda for reform in social care, its roll‐out as
a mainstream option has coincided with global programmes of austerity which have targeted …

Purpose In Scotland, the self-directed support (SDS) legislation is a catch-all payment
system which brings challenges to local authorities, service delivery organisations and the …

This reflexive ethnographic study examines the work disabled people do to 'self-
manage'attendant services. The data reveal diverse facets of work reported by 'self …

Personalisation has now become centre-stage in adult social care and continues to have an
enduring level of political commitment and on-going appeal for many disabled people. And …

A rhetoric of inclusion and increased social spending within a global context of austerity cuts
has dominated disability policies in Singapore today. However, there is a lack of academic …

This study examines, through the case of Personal Budgets in England, the role of
accounting in transforming the subjectivities of social workers through a Foucauldian lens …