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Public Values and Public Trust: Responses to Welfare State Reform in the UK

Taylor-Gooby, Peter, Wallace, Andrew (2009) Public Values and Public Trust: Responses to Welfare State Reform in the UK. Journal of Social Policy, 38 (3). pp. 401-419. ISSN 0047-2794. (doi:10.1017/S0047279409003055) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:18950)

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Abstract

The current reform programme in the UK welfare state appears to improve cost-efficiency and responsiveness in many areas, but runs the risk of generating further problems. This paper argues that the justification for the new directions in policy rest ultimately on a particular understanding of agency. The limitations of this account explain why proponents of the reforms tend not to recognise or pay adequate attention to problems of legitimacy and public trust. Evidence from a new survey is used to demonstrate this in the context of the reform of the National Health Service

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1017/S0047279409003055
Projects: Institutional Trust and Health Care Reform
Subjects: H Social Sciences
H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Funders: Economic and Social Research Council (https://ror.org/03n0ht308)
Depositing User: Peter Taylor-Gooby
Date Deposited: 23 Nov 2009 12:50 UTC
Last Modified: 12 Jul 2022 10:39 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/18950 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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