John Baldock
Biographic Data
| ID | 271259 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Baldock |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Baldock |
| SIGNATURE | BALDOCK J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kent |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Managing the Family
This paper argues that research, analysis and policy innovations focused on how households combine paid work with care responsibilities are driven to too great a degree by preconceptions of “the problem” that do not take sufficient account of how families themselves understand their work and care roles and the choices they are making. The evidence of 246 SOCCARE interviews across five European countries (Finland, France, Italy, Portugal and the U…
On being a Welfare Consumer in a Consumer Society
This article focuses on two aspects of the real or imagined conflict between welfarism and consumerism; whether the experience of being a welfare user is somehow changed by living in a society in which people may see themselves less as workers and more as consumers; and whether the providers of welfare services and benefits can or should treat their users more like consumers than beneficiaries or even citizens with welfare rights
Culture
This paper questions the intuitive assumption that twentieth‐century public welfare states have reflected the wider culture in which they operate. It is argued that the postwar welfare state was a “modernist” project designed to change mass culture. As a result, social policy analysis has tended to ignore the wider culture as both a source and context for welfare. At the beginning of the twenty‐first century new patterns of risk and postmodern cu…
Social Care in Old Age
There is currently a debate about the future funding of long‐term care for old people. Welcome as it is, there is a risk that the focus on finance will obscure equally important questions about who should provide the care and what models of care should be chosen. Many years of research and innovation in the care of the elderly have shown that the effective and efficient provision of simple care services is very difficult to achieve. Social care i…
Becoming a Consumer of Care
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,…
Innovations and Care of the Elderly
This article is based on an international study which investigated innovations in home care for the elderly in three European countries:Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. It is argued that the particular changes taking place in services for the elderly may be indicative of what will happen more generally throughout welfare systems. This is because patterns observed in an area of acute pressure are often precursors of further developm…
The Goals of Social Policy
Part 1 Introduction: social policy subject or object?, Martin Bulmer et al. Part 2 Social policy - retrospect and prospect: the Webbs, the Charity Organisation Society and the Ratan Tata Foundation - social policy from the perspective of 1912, Joe Harris the academic tradition in social policy - the Titmuss years, Ramesh Mishra social work and social policy in the twentieth century - retrospect and prospect, Robert Pinker swimming against the tid…
Why the Prison Population has Grown Larger and Younger
It is almost universally agreed that the prison population in this country has grown too large, continues to grow and ought to be reduced. This article attempts an analysis of the manner in which this growth has taken place over the last 25 years. It is argued that many explanations have placed too much emphasis on sentencing policies and particularly the impact of long sentences. Consequently, too much of the hope for an improvement currently re…
Social Care in Old Age
There is currently a debate about the future funding of long‐term care for old people. Welcome as it is, there is a risk that the focus on finance will obscure equally important questions about who should provide the care and what models of care should be chosen. Many years of research and innovation in the care of the elderly have shown that the effective and efficient provision of simple care services is very difficult to achieve. Social care i…
Innovations and Care of the Elderly
This article is based on an international study which investigated innovations in home care for the elderly in three European countries:Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. It is argued that the particular changes taking place in services for the elderly may be indicative of what will happen more generally throughout welfare systems. This is because patterns observed in an area of acute pressure are often precursors of further developm…
On being a Welfare Consumer in a Consumer Society
This article focuses on two aspects of the real or imagined conflict between welfarism and consumerism; whether the experience of being a welfare user is somehow changed by living in a society in which people may see themselves less as workers and more as consumers; and whether the providers of welfare services and benefits can or should treat their users more like consumers than beneficiaries or even citizens with welfare rights
The Goals of Social Policy
Part 1 Introduction: social policy subject or object?, Martin Bulmer et al. Part 2 Social policy - retrospect and prospect: the Webbs, the Charity Organisation Society and the Ratan Tata Foundation - social policy from the perspective of 1912, Joe Harris the academic tradition in social policy - the Titmuss years, Ramesh Mishra social work and social policy in the twentieth century - retrospect and prospect, Robert Pinker swimming against the tid…
Culture
This paper questions the intuitive assumption that twentieth‐century public welfare states have reflected the wider culture in which they operate. It is argued that the postwar welfare state was a “modernist” project designed to change mass culture. As a result, social policy analysis has tended to ignore the wider culture as both a source and context for welfare. At the beginning of the twenty‐first century new patterns of risk and postmodern cu…
Managing the Family
This paper argues that research, analysis and policy innovations focused on how households combine paid work with care responsibilities are driven to too great a degree by preconceptions of “the problem” that do not take sufficient account of how families themselves understand their work and care roles and the choices they are making. The evidence of 246 SOCCARE interviews across five European countries (Finland, France, Italy, Portugal and the U…
Becoming a Consumer of Care
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,…
Why the Prison Population has Grown Larger and Younger
It is almost universally agreed that the prison population in this country has grown too large, continues to grow and ought to be reduced. This article attempts an analysis of the manner in which this growth has taken place over the last 25 years. It is argued that many explanations have placed too much emphasis on sentencing policies and particularly the impact of long sentences. Consequently, too much of the hope for an improvement currently re…
The Goals of Social Policy
Part 1 Introduction: social policy subject or object?, Martin Bulmer et al. Part 2 Social policy - retrospect and prospect: the Webbs, the Charity Organisation Society and the Ratan Tata Foundation - social policy from the perspective of 1912, Joe Harris the academic tradition in social policy - the Titmuss years, Ramesh Mishra social work and social policy in the twentieth century - retrospect and prospect, Robert Pinker swimming against the tid…
Innovations and Care of the Elderly
This article is based on an international study which investigated innovations in home care for the elderly in three European countries:Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. It is argued that the particular changes taking place in services for the elderly may be indicative of what will happen more generally throughout welfare systems. This is because patterns observed in an area of acute pressure are often precursors of further developm…
Social Care in Old Age
There is currently a debate about the future funding of long‐term care for old people. Welcome as it is, there is a risk that the focus on finance will obscure equally important questions about who should provide the care and what models of care should be chosen. Many years of research and innovation in the care of the elderly have shown that the effective and efficient provision of simple care services is very difficult to achieve. Social care i…
Becoming a Consumer of Care
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,…
Culture
This paper questions the intuitive assumption that twentieth‐century public welfare states have reflected the wider culture in which they operate. It is argued that the postwar welfare state was a “modernist” project designed to change mass culture. As a result, social policy analysis has tended to ignore the wider culture as both a source and context for welfare. At the beginning of the twenty‐first century new patterns of risk and postmodern cu…
On being a Welfare Consumer in a Consumer Society
This article focuses on two aspects of the real or imagined conflict between welfarism and consumerism; whether the experience of being a welfare user is somehow changed by living in a society in which people may see themselves less as workers and more as consumers; and whether the providers of welfare services and benefits can or should treat their users more like consumers than beneficiaries or even citizens with welfare rights
Managing the Family
This paper argues that research, analysis and policy innovations focused on how households combine paid work with care responsibilities are driven to too great a degree by preconceptions of “the problem” that do not take sufficient account of how families themselves understand their work and care roles and the choices they are making. The evidence of 246 SOCCARE interviews across five European countries (Finland, France, Italy, Portugal and the U…
Social Policy and Reform Studies (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Business (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Social Welfare (3 works) · Welfare (3 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works)