Seven The Troubled Families Programme: in, for and against the state?
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Stephen Crossley
Abstract
This chapter examines the ways in which the Troubled Families Programme has been positioned by central government and by local authorities and practitioners. The reality of the programme is rather different from the runaway success story presented by government, positive outcomes often owing much to local officers’ negotiation and subversion of the programme. Discretion built into the programme has allowed subversion and resistance to occur, these transgressions occur under the radar and do little to trouble the national narrative of an assertive central government policy working successfully with troublesome families. This is significant, as the programme is considered by the Conservatives as a key example of how a smaller, smarter state might function.
Abstract
This chapter examines the ways in which the Troubled Families Programme has been positioned by central government and by local authorities and practitioners. The reality of the programme is rather different from the runaway success story presented by government, positive outcomes often owing much to local officers’ negotiation and subversion of the programme. Discretion built into the programme has allowed subversion and resistance to occur, these transgressions occur under the radar and do little to trouble the national narrative of an assertive central government policy working successfully with troublesome families. This is significant, as the programme is considered by the Conservatives as a key example of how a smaller, smarter state might function.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- Notes on contributors v
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Continuities and change in UK social policy
- Behaviour, choice, and British pension policy 3
- Coalition health policy: a game of two halves or the final whistle for the NHS? 23
- Citizenship, conduct and conditionality: sanction and support in the 21st-century UK welfare state 41
- Housing policy in the austerity age and beyond 63
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Contributions from the Social Policy Association Conference 2015
- ‘Progressive’ neo-liberal conservatism and the welfare state: incremental reform or long-term destruction? 89
- Exploring out-of-work benefit claimants’ attitudes towards welfare reform and conditionality 105
- The Troubled Families Programme: in, for and against the state? 127
- What counts as ‘counter-conduct’? A governmental analysis of resistance in the face of compulsory community care 147
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Individualised budgets in social policy
- Social insurance for individualized disability support: implementing the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) 173
- Right time, right place? The experiences of rough sleepers and practitioners in the receipt and delivery of personalised budgets 191
- Personal health budgets: implementation and outcomes 211
- Personalised care funding in Norway: a case of gradual co-production 233
- Individualised funding for older people and the ethic of care 251
- Index 269
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- Notes on contributors v
-
Continuities and change in UK social policy
- Behaviour, choice, and British pension policy 3
- Coalition health policy: a game of two halves or the final whistle for the NHS? 23
- Citizenship, conduct and conditionality: sanction and support in the 21st-century UK welfare state 41
- Housing policy in the austerity age and beyond 63
-
Contributions from the Social Policy Association Conference 2015
- ‘Progressive’ neo-liberal conservatism and the welfare state: incremental reform or long-term destruction? 89
- Exploring out-of-work benefit claimants’ attitudes towards welfare reform and conditionality 105
- The Troubled Families Programme: in, for and against the state? 127
- What counts as ‘counter-conduct’? A governmental analysis of resistance in the face of compulsory community care 147
-
Individualised budgets in social policy
- Social insurance for individualized disability support: implementing the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) 173
- Right time, right place? The experiences of rough sleepers and practitioners in the receipt and delivery of personalised budgets 191
- Personal health budgets: implementation and outcomes 211
- Personalised care funding in Norway: a case of gradual co-production 233
- Individualised funding for older people and the ethic of care 251
- Index 269
