Becoming a Consumer of Care

Developing a Sociological Account of the 'New Community Care

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3356201
AutoresJohn Baldock, Clare Ungerson
Ano1997
Volume44
Fascículo1_suppl
Páginas11-35
Data de publicação1997-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Sociological Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0038-0261 • E-ISSN: 1467-954X
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-954x.1996.tb03434.x
OpenAlexW2047602415
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências 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