Partnership and Participation or New Poverty

Partnership and Participation: Decision-making in the Multiagency Setting

Author: Ann R Taket

The past two decades have seen an increase in the number of organisations working together in multiagency settings and increased calls for partnership and participation in organisational and public life. Models for this kind of working arrangement range from contracting out and joint planning, through to more formal arrangements such as setting up a joint agency. How to make these arrangements effective in developing policy and aiding decision-making can, however, be problematic. To make the multiagency setting work, organisations must manage diversity, resolve conflict and promote collaboration. The processes for effective decision-making in multiagency settings form the central concern of this book. Group processes must become more participatory, democratic and empowering. Illustrated with case studies drawn from the US, Africa, Asia, Latin America, as well as the UK and Europe, the book surveys the range of multiagency settings, explores the mechanisms and processes for multiagency work, and reviews a range of processes and tools that have shown themselves to be effective. Partnership & Participation offers no guaranteed answers, but provides a useful framework and stimulating guidelines for those facing the many questions that are raised by working in a multiagency setting.

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New Poverty: Families in Postmodern Society

Author: David Cheal

Cheal argues that the sociology of poverty has entered a new postmodern phase. The "new poverty" is about loss of faith--in relationships that were once believed to last a lifetime, and in government programs that we used to think would last for generations.

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Analyzes the relationships between current family situations and the risks of being poor, locating specific causes of poverty within a broader context of problems in modernity and arguing that the sociology of poverty has entered a new, postmodern phase. Overviews the cultural and political significance of poverty research, introduces original data on poverty in the US and Canada, and discusses issues such as poverty in female-headed households and the role of the state in setting implicit poverty policies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Illustrations
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	Families in Postmodernity	1
2	Poverty and Progress	17
3	Sorting Out the Poor	35
4	Marriage and Its Aftermath	55
5	The Birth of Poverty	75
6	Family Work Systems	97
7	Shallow Income Pools	117
8	The Economic Life Course	135
9	Shifting Entitlements	157
10	The Postmodernization of Poverty	173
	Bibliography	187
	Index	203