The neoliberal policy context of youth work management

Paul Bunyan; J Ord

The neoliberal policy context of youth work management

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In much of the literature about management, it is often presented as value neutral, with an emphasis upon the apparently objective striving for greater efficiency and effectiveness. However, the values which underpin contemporary management practices, it is argued, are fundamentally neoliberal, with an emphasis on the private over the public sector and the pre-eminence of the market. The chapter explores the impact of neoliberalism on youth work and its management in the UK in recent years, charting the shift from welfarism, associated with social democracy, to post-welfarism, which is underpinned by neoliberalism. It makes comparisons between New Labour and Thatcher's more strident neoliberalism, and whilst it is acknowledged there are elements of the social democratic tradition within New Labour, ultimately it is the neoliberal which dominates.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Critical Issues in Youth Work Management
Editors	J. Ord
Place of Publication	Abingdon, Oxon
Publisher	Routledge
Pages	19-29
Number of pages	183
ISBN (Print)	9780415594356
Publication status	Published - 2012

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(1999b) The Thatcher Years: A History of the Youth Service in England, Volume 2. Leicester. Youth Work Press Davies, B. (2008) The New Labour Years: A History of the Youth Service in England, Volume 3. Leicester. Youth Work Press Davies, B. & Merton, B. (2009) Squaring the Circle, Leicester: De Montford University. DCSF (2007) Aiming High for Young People: A Ten Year Strategy for Positive Activities. London: Department for Children, Schools and Families. DES (1982) Experience and Participation. Review Group on the Youth Service in England ('The Thompson Report'), London: Department of Education and Science. DfES (2005) Youth Matters. London: Department for Education and Skills DfEE (2001) Developing Youth Work for Young People, London: Department for Education and Employment. DfES (2001) Transforming Youth Work: Developing youth work for young people. London: Department for Education and Skills. DfES (2002) Transforming Youth Work: {\textquoteleft}Resourcing Excellent Youth Services, London: Department for Education and Skills. DfES (2004) Every Child Matters: Change for Children . London: Department for Education and Skills. Fraser, D. (2003) The Evolution of the British Welfare State. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan Geddes, M. (2006) {\textquoteleft}Partnership and the Limits to Local Governance in England: Institutionalist Analysis and Neo-liberalism{\textquoteright}, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 30:1, March 2006, pp. 76-97. Garrett, P.M. (2009) {\textquoteleft}Transforming{\textquoteright} Children{\textquoteright}s Services? Social Work, Neoliberalism and the {\textquoteleft}Modern{\textquoteright} World, Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Education, Open University Press. Hall, S. (2003) New Labour{\textquoteright}s double-shuffle, Soundings, 24: 10-25. Harvey, D. (2005) A Brief History of Neoliberalism, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Home Office (1998) Compact on Relations between Government and the Voluntary and Community Sector in England. London: Home Office. Horton, S. & Farnham, D. (1999) Public Management in Britain, Basingstoke: Macmillan Press Limited. Jeffs, T. and Smith, M.K (2006) Where is Youth Matters taking us? Youth & Policy Vol. 9, pp 23-39. Local Government Association (2008) Commissioning Services (Online). Available at http://www.lga.gov.uk/lga/core/page.do?pageId=1251611 (Accessed 2 April 2010). MacKinnon, D. (2000) {\textquoteleft}Managerialism, governmentality and the state: a neo-Foucauldian approach to local economic governance{\textquoteright} in Political Geography, Volume 19, Issue 3, pp 293 – 314. Marglin, S. & Schor, J. (Eds) (1992) The Golden Age of Capitalism: Reinterpreting the Postwar Experience, Oxford University Press, USA. MoE (1960) Youth Service in England and Wales, (Albemarle Report). London: Ministry of Education, HMSO. Mizen, P. (2004) The Changing State of Youth, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan Morse, S. & McNamara, N. (2006) {\textquoteleft}Analysing institutional partnerships in development: a contract between equals or a loaded process?{\textquoteright}, Progress in Development Studies 6, 4 (2006) pp.321-336. Mulgan, G. (1997) Joined Up Government: past, present, future, in Bogdanor V. (2005) Joined Up Government, Oxford: Oxford University Press Northamptonshire County Council Cabinet (2006) Youth Service: The transition from a Direct Delivery Service to an Enabling Service through a Commissioning Strategy. Report by the Director for Children and Young People, 19th June 2006. NYA / DfEE (1998) England{\textquoteright}s youth service – the 1998 Audit. Leicester: NYA O{\textquoteright}Neill, O. (2002) A Question of Trust: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Ord, J. (2007) Youth Work Process Product and Practice: creating an authentic curriculum in work with young people. Lyme Regis: RHP Sercombe, H. (2010) Youth Work Ethics, London: Sage Publications Ltd. Skelcher C., Mathur N. & Smith M. (2005) 'The Public Governance of Collaborative Spaces: Discourse, design and democracy', Public Administration 83 (3), pp 573-596 Smith, D. S. (1997) 'The eternal triangle: youth work, the youth problem and social policy' in I. Ledgerwood and N. Kendra (eds.) The Challenge of the Future. Towards the new millennium for the Youth Service, Lyme Regis: Russell House Publishing. Smith, M.K. (2001) {\textquoteleft}Transforming Youth Work{\textquoteright}, The encyclopaedia of informal education, http://www.infed.org/youthwork/transforming.htm. Smith, M. K. (2003) {\textquoteright}From Youth Work to Youth Development.{\textquoteright} Youth and Policy 79 pp46 - 59 Smith, M. K. and Doyle M. E. (2002) 'The Albemarle Report and the development of youth work in England and Wales', The encyclopaedia of informal education, http://www.infed.org/youthwork/albemarle_report.htm. Somers, J. & Bradford, S. (2006) {\textquoteleft}Discourses of partnership in multi-agency working in the community and voluntary sectors in Ireland{\textquoteright}, Irish Journal of Sociology, Vol 15.2, 2006, pp. 67-85. Taylor, M. (1997) The Best of Both Worlds: The Voluntary Sector and Local Government. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Taylor, M. & Warburton, D. (2003) {\textquoteleft}Legitimacy and the Role of UK Third Sector Organisations in the Policy Process{\textquoteright}, Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Non-profit Organisations, Vol. 14, No.3, September 2003. Tett, L. (2005) {\textquoteleft}Partnerships, community groups and social inclusion{\textquoteright} Studies in Continuing Education, Vol. 27, No. 1, March 2005, pp. 1 – 15.",

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(2005) Joined Up Government, Oxford: Oxford University Press Northamptonshire County Council Cabinet (2006) Youth Service: The transition from a Direct Delivery Service to an Enabling Service through a Commissioning Strategy. Report by the Director for Children and Young People, 19th June 2006. NYA / DfEE (1998) England’s youth service – the 1998 Audit. Leicester: NYA O’Neill, O. (2002) A Question of Trust: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Ord, J. (2007) Youth Work Process Product and Practice: creating an authentic curriculum in work with young people. Lyme Regis: RHP Sercombe, H. (2010) Youth Work Ethics, London: Sage Publications Ltd. Skelcher C., Mathur N. & Smith M. (2005) 'The Public Governance of Collaborative Spaces: Discourse, design and democracy', Public Administration 83 (3), pp 573-596 Smith, D. S. (1997) 'The eternal triangle: youth work, the youth problem and social policy' in I. Ledgerwood and N. Kendra (eds.) The Challenge of the Future. 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(2003) ‘Legitimacy and the Role of UK Third Sector Organisations in the Policy Process’, Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Non-profit Organisations, Vol. 14, No.3, September 2003. Tett, L. (2005) ‘Partnerships, community groups and social inclusion’ Studies in Continuing Education, Vol. 27, No. 1, March 2005, pp. 1 – 15.

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