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Complex Policy Planning: The Government Strategic Management of the Social Care Market

Complex Policy Planning: The Government Strategic Management of the Social Care Market

Haynes, Philip

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Revivals

General Political SciencePoverty & Social WorkSocial Movements

ISBN10: 1138617563
ISBN13: 9781138617568
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Sep 18 2018
Pages: 276
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
First published in 1999, this book examines recent developments in the application of chaos and complexity theory to the applied social sciences and the implications for the government planning of social care services. The study argues that there are fundamental limitations to traditional government political and managerial planning structures. Chaos and complexity theory shows that the effects of time and space are critical aspects for planners to consider. Small changes in isolated social or individual factors can have larger scale effects on the future validity of a policy programme. In particular, rigid linear statistical calculations like the Government Standard Spending Assessment can undermine the ability of local authorities to make realistic plans. It is proposed that government political strategies and managerial methods of analysis need to better understand the complexity of information available to them. New political and institutional typologies are required if planning activity is to evolve to be of optimal social value.

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