State intervention and vulnerable children: implementation revisited
Murray, Cathy, Pahl, Jan and Wincup, Emma (eds.) (2006) State intervention and vulnerable children: implementation revisited. Journal of Social Policy, 35, (2), 211-227. (doi:10.1017/S0047279405009499).
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This article derives from a two year study of ‘Home Supervision’, conducted as part of a programme of research on the Children (Scotland) Act 1995. The focus is on children looked after by the local authority who are on a legal supervision order at home, primarily as a consequence of having been abused or neglected, having offended or having failed to attend school without reasonable excuse. Two assumptions, both arguably a legacy of Lipsky, are challenged: first, that non-implementation by street-level bureaucrats is in opposition to their managers; and, second, the passivity of clients in respect of policy making. It is argued that the street-level bureaucrats and managers in the Home Supervision study share assumptive worlds in respect of children on home supervision, and that clients, as agentic actors, reveal a capacity for shaping policy at the implementation stage. These issues are explored and their implications for implementation studies and child welfare are discussed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0047-2794 (print) |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Social Sciences > Social Work Studies |
| Item ID: | 48082 |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Aug 2007 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 11:58 |
| Contributors: | Murray, Cathy (Author) Pahl, Jan (Editor) Wincup, Emma (Editor) |
| Date: | April 2006 |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | c.a.murray@stir.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/48082 |
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