De-Professionalism and Austerity: Challenges for the Public Sector by Nigel Mali

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From scarcer resources to greater stresses, this book charts how policies and cuts have compromised workers' ability to undertake their professional roles. Combining research and practice experience, it assesses the extent of de-professionalisation in recent years, and how workers have responded.

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From scarcer resources to greater stresses, this book charts how policies and cuts have compromised workers' ability to undertake their professional roles. Combining research and practice experience, it assesses the extent of de-professionalisation in recent years, and how workers have responded. Austerity's impacts on the healthcare, social care and education professions are under the spotlight in this important book.This book is a vital review of how austerity has re-sculpted our notions of professionalism.

Author Biography

Nigel Malin holds degrees from the Universities of Manchester, Oxford, Sheffield and the West of Scotland. Previously he has held full-time teaching and research posts at the Universities of Sunderland, Derby, Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University, including two Professorships and one Readership. He is author/co-author of ten books, including Professionalism, Boundaries and Workplace (Routledge, 1999), Key Concepts and Debates in Health and Social Policy (Open University Press, 2002), Evaluating Sure Start (Whiting & Birch, 2012) and Community Care For Nurses And the Caring Professions (Open University Press, 1999). Since 2014 he has been Editor of Social Work & Social Sciences Review: An International Journal of Applied Research and since 2015 Associate Editor for the British Journal of Learning Disabilities. He currently lives in Sheffield and is undertaking research on the topic of professionalism and identity.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Policy Background and ConceptsAusterity as a UK Policy Context on the Early Twenty-First CenturyNeo-Liberalism as an Ideology, an Elite Project and its Impact on AusterityPublic Services, the UK Economy and the Brexit DebatePart 2: Theoretical Frameworks and Ideology: Professionalism and De-ProfessionalismPerspectives used in Studying Professions: Sociology and Social PhilosophyPerspectives used in Studying Professions: Social Policy and Public AdministrationDe-Professionalism: An Analytical Framework Part 3: De-Professionalism in the Public Sector: Output IndicatorsThe Impact of Service Cutbacks, Job Insecurity and GlobalisationDe-Professionalism as Defined by Services Deemed 'Unconventional', 'Under-Performing' or 'Ineffectual'Professional Training Programmes: Financial Cuts and Content CritiquePart 4: De-Professionalism in The Public Sector: Subjective or Experiential IndicatorsA Demoralisation or Disparagement of the Workforce?Professional Abuse of Power: Discreditation or a Lowering of ProductivityConclusion: Professionals as Entrepreneurs in an Age of Austerity

Review

"An original and stimulating analysis which connects the two important topics of de-professionalism and austerity." Martin Powell, University of Birmingham"An optimistic and authoritative study. After the austerity years and the madness of Brexit, we should expect a much better more professional public sector future. This book tells us why." Danny Dorling, University of Oxford"Nigel Malin provides us with profound insights into the state of contemporary public sector professionalism. Well written and meticulously researched, this book should be read by all of us concerned about providing high quality public services." Nick Frost, Leeds Beckett University'This important book sets out the myriad, and heretofore overlooked, ways that the UK's austerity project has impacted on those professions tasked with implementing it.' Stephen Crossley, Northumbria University

Long Description

From scarcer resources to greater stresses, this book charts how policies and cuts have compromised workers' ability to undertake their professional roles. Combining research and practice experience, it assesses the extent of de-professionalisation in recent years, and how workers have responded. Austerity's impacts on the healthcare, social care and education professions are under the spotlight in this important book.This book is a vital review of how austerity has re-sculpted our notions of professionalism.

Review Quote

"A wide-ranging, robust and raging critique of the nature and impact of politically chosen austerity which has targeted poor people and public services." British Journal of Social Work

Feature

The book will demonstrate how austerity politics is impacting on professionalism and on the ability of different workers to undertake professional roles.

Details ISBN1447350162 Author Nigel Malin Year 2020 ISBN-10 1447350162 ISBN-13 9781447350163 Format Hardcover Imprint Policy Press Subtitle Challenges for the Public Sector Place of Publication Bristol Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 306 DEWEY 331.71 Affiliation Independent Researcher Short Title De-Professionalism and Austerity Language English UK Release Date 2020-02-05 Publisher Bristol University Press Publication Date 2020-02-05 NZ Release Date 2020-02-05 Alternative 9781447350170 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2020-01-31 Illustrations Not illustrated We've got this

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