MANAGERIALISM AND STATE SOCIAL WORK IN BRITAIN
Two forms of managerialism are distinguished: generalist managerialism, that which affects the daily experience of social work practice and policy managerialism, that which affects the development of policy. The development of social work in Britain led social workers to adopt the role of bureau-professionals, mitigating the inflexibility of the bureaucratic provision of welfare in state social services. However, through case studies of local government social services and probation services, the impact on this conception of social work managerialism through its adoption by new Right governments during the 1980s and 90s is demonstrated. It is argued that distinguishing the impact of inflexibility in services through bureaucratisation from the impact of policy managerialism, the inclusion of a wide range of stakeholders and ensuring advocacy for the voices of service users and the community mitigates the effects of managerialist bureaucratisation. 作者认为管理主义普遍理论对社会工作日常运作的影响有别于管理主义理论应用于公共行政的范畴上。作者以英国的地区社会福利服务及感化工作的展为案例,指出社工专业需要对管理主义对不同服务的影响,先作检视,然后作出适当的回应。 总的来说, 社工可以联系著不同背景及业的人士,与服务使用者一起去倡导及争取他们的权益。 积极参与公共政策的厘订, 来减低管理主义对社工服务的不良影响。