ESW Open Seminar Series
Department of Social Work & Social Care
Monday 9th December, 5pm
Room 104, Fulton
Speaker
Tony Evans, Professor of Social Work, Department of Social Work,
Royal Holloway, University of London
presents:
Managerialism, discretion and the
corrupted world of policy practice
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Street-level bureaucracies and the front-line discretion
that characterises them are, in part, the products of the
policy choices and priorities of senior managers and
politicians.
In this seminar, Professor Evans will argue that the
‘corrupted world of service’ – policy confusion, resource
shortage and extensive front-line discretion – is less a
problem that managerialism can solve and more the
product of managerial concerns with parsimony and
promotion of entrepreneurialism, and political concerns
with the avoidance of blame and culpability.
This seminar can be joined remotely by logging on to:
https://connectpro.sussex.ac.uk/sw_evans9dec13
This seminar will also be recorded and available to view
retrospectively at: www.sussex.ac.uk/socialwork/seminarseries