Professionals under pressure : the reconfiguration of professional work in changing public services / edited by Mirko Noordegraaf, Bram Steijn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Noordegraaf, Mirko, editor.

Steijn, Abraham Jan, 1959- editor.

Series:

Care & welfare.

Care & welfare

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil service--Congresses.

Civil service.

Social service--Congresses.

Social service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over the past decade, public services have come under increasing pressure to perform like private-sector organisations. This study demonstrates that professionals have much leeway in coping with changes caused by IT developments, distributed knowledge and more demanding public which have all created new pressures on public services. The authors conclude that rather than demanding more autonomy and space, public service professionals need renewed and workable professional standards.

Contents:

Professions, professionals and the 'new' government policies: a reflection on the last 30 years / Stephen Ackroyd

Professionals, power and the reform of public services / Janet Newman

Professionals dealing with pressures / Peter Hupe & Theo van der Krogt

A managerial assault on professionalism? Professionals in changing welfare states / Romke van der Veen

Legal professionals under presure: legal professional ideology and new public management / Arie-Jan Kwak

Institutionalizing professional conflicts through financial reforms: the case of DBCS in Dutch mental healthcare / Amanda Smullen

Public professionals and policy alienation / Lars Tummers, Bram Steign & Victor Bekkers

Loyalties of public sector professionals / Gjalt de Graaf & Zeger van der Wal

Democratizing social work: from new public management to democratic professionalism / Evelien Tonkens, Marc Hoijtink & Huub Gulikers

Bounded professionalism: why self-regulation is part of the problem / Mirgan Oude Vrielink & Jeroen van Bockel

Control of front-line workers in welfare agencies: towards professionalism? / Rik van Berkel & Paul van der Aa

Professionalization of (police) leaders: contested control / Martijn van der Meulen & Mirko Noordegraaf

Conclusions and ways forward / Mirko Noordegraaf & Bram Steijn.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Jan 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-003-70205-8

1-04-077396-6

90-485-1830-X

9781003702054

OCLC:

861526786