Becoming a Consumer of Care

Developing a Sociological Account of the 'New Community Care

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3356201
AutoresJohn Baldock, Clare Ungerson
Año1997
Volumen44
Número1_suppl
Páginas11-35
Fecha de publicación1997-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Sociological Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0038-0261 • E-ISSN: 1467-954X
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-954x.1996.tb03434.x
OpenAlexW2047602415
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas11

The chapter evaluates the reformed arrangements for the management and delivery of social care following the NHS and Community Care Act 1990 using a framework drawn from economic sociology. Research findings describing how a group of newly disabled older people fared as consumers of the services are summarized. An explanatory account is given drawing upon concepts and theory to be found in the growing literature on the sociology of economic life, particularly studies of consumption. The central conclusion is that it is difficult to account for the effects of the recent reforms on community care consumers without situating them within a context of existing social relations and institutions. If the reforms are to succeed they must change not just the practical mechanics of service funding and delivery but deeply embedded values and behavioural norms

Business · Consumption (sociology) · Context (archaeology) · Economics · Positive economics · Service (business) · Social science · Sociological theory · Sociology · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Marketing · Social Policy and Reform Studies