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From rights to management : contract, new public management and
employment services By Terry Carney and Gaby Ramia Published by Kluwer Law International (2002) |
Book description
From Rights to Management presents a powerful and thoroughly documented
new thesis about the transformation of the concept of work during the period
1970-2000. The authors remind us of what we now easily forget: that, not so
long ago, the right of an unemployed person to social security benefits and
services was not questioned. Over the years, this right has been gradually
replaced by a two-way bargain with the state. And in the place of this old
'social citizenship', there has arisen a government-corporate alliance that
manages job seekers by contract. The shift from the needs of the person to
the demands of business is complete. Those tempted to argue with this provocative
thesis will find a formidable array of evidence assembled in this well-researched
book.
Focusing primarily on Australia -- where the marketisation of welfare and employment
services has gone farther than in any other country -- Professors Carney and
Ramia draw not only on the recent literature of several relevant disciplines,
but also on in-depth interviews with thirty unemployed people from a wide range
of backgrounds and situations. By assessing the inner workings and impacts
of public management transformations on the lives of those most deeply affected,
the authors provide a keen understanding of how the management theories, initiatives,
and pretexts -- economic and legal -- work out in actuality.
The interdisciplinary discussion incorporates debates about civil society,
social capital, and other germane topics of great concern to scholars, policymakers,
and administrators in this era of globalisation. A deep analysis of the new
policy network of social services examines the types of contracts that govern
the various parts of the system. The analysis concludes with a proposed new
framework that reinstalls citizenship as the basis for welfare policy, but
in a way that places real obligations and accountability on government and
does not leave disadvantaged persons to fight a losing battle. No lawyer, professional,
academic, or official in the social policy environment can afford to ignore
this challenging work.
About the Author
Dr Gaby Ramia is a senior lecturer in the Department of Management at Monash University.
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