Public management and vulnerability : contextualising change / edited by Gareth David Addidle and Joyce Liddle. - xii, 244 pages (1 online resource) - Routledge advances in management and business studies .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The book locates the issue of 'vulnerability' into an international context, within public sector reform processes, and goes beyond existing concepts of policing and vulnerability to include multi and intra-agency working. It uncovers many competing and contradictory conceptualisations of the phenomenon and shows how a variety of agencies in different jurisdictions prioritise and operationalise this escalating 21st Century social problem. This collection will appeal to academics, policy makers and practitioners in a wide variety of disciplines such as public management and leadership, criminology, policing, social policy, social work, and business management"--


in english

9780429352683

2020013032


Public welfare.
Human services.
Social service.
Marginality, Social--Government policy.
Poor--Services for.
Social policy.

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