Neo-Liberal individualism or self-directed support : are we all speaking the same language on modernising adult social care.

Roulstone, Alan and Morgan, Hannah (2009) Neo-Liberal individualism or self-directed support : are we all speaking the same language on modernising adult social care. Social Policy and Society, 8 (3). pp. 333-345. ISSN 1475-3073

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Abstract

This article explores recent developments in the modernisation of adult social care through the lens of changes to English day services. Drawing on wider policy debates, it argues that Disabled Peoples’ Movement and governmental ideas on self-directed support, although superficially similar, are growing increasingly apart. It is argued that in the absence of adequate funding and exposure to organisations of disabled people, day service recipients risk moving from a position of enforced collectivism to an enforced individualism characteristic of neo-liberal constructions of economic life.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Journal or Publication Title:

Social Policy and Society

Additional Information:

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=SPS The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Social Policy and Society, 8 (3), pp 333-345 2009, © 2009 Cambridge University Press.

Uncontrolled Keywords:

/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3312

Subjects:

?? sociology and political sciencepolitical science and international relationsh social sciences (general) ??

Departments:

Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences > Applied Social Science

ID Code:

27023

Deposited By:

Hannah Morgan

Deposited On:

14 Sep 2009 15:20

Refereed?:

Yes

Published?:

Published

Last Modified:

10 Sep 2024 00:09

URI:

https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/27023