STATECRAFT
STATECRAFT is about everything to do with creating, maintaining and adapting States and Governments. Internally and externally. Produced by Colin Talbot, Professor of Government (emeritus) at the University of Manchester, UK. TWITTER: @colinrtalbot EMAIL: colin.talbot@manchester.ac.uk
STATECRAFT
ADULT SOCIAL CARE: CLIENTS, CONSUMERS OR CITIZENS with Prof Bob Hudson
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Colin Talbot
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Season 1
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Episode 6
Adult social care has gone through several transformations since 1945. Bob Hudson's book CLIENTS, CONSUMERS OR CITIZENS (2021, Policy Press) analyses the last 40 years of the privatisation of adult social care provision.
Before the turn to markets in the 1980s, provision had for a brief period been more like other welfare state services, but soon bagged to change under the Thatcher government.
Bob, who is now retired and a Visiting Professor in Public Policy at the University of Kent, was there throughout the momentous changes. His thoughtful and accessible book is well worth reading. Here's our discussion.