Between Two Paradigms Needham, Catherine aut Hall, Patrick aut text xx Bristol Policy Press 2023 monographic eng 1 online resource (226 p.) Chapter 4 and chapter 7 are available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Two decades have passed since the devolution of social care policy, with key differences emerging between the UK's four systems, but what impact have these differences had? This book presents for the first time research on the perspectives of social care policy makers on the four systems in which they operate and the ways in which they borrow from one another. Drawing on extensive interviews with national and local policy makers across the UK, the book raises vital questions about the role of 'standardisation' and 'differentiation' in social care, concluding that when given equal capacity to reform their respective systems, the regimes in each nation may take radically different shapes. Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star All rights reserved http://oapen.org/content/about-rights English Ageing; Care regimes; Comparative care; Devolution; Social care thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKS Social welfare and social services thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPR Regional, state and other local government thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBP Health systems and services 9781447364641 9781447364665 99781447364672 ISBN 9781447364672 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/99476 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/99476 Free-to-read All rights reserved oapen 230420 20260305123951.0 doab99476