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This 8 page paper examines public policy pressures for collaboration between organisations in the UK voluntary and statutory sectors and make reference to the 2002 Cross Cutting Review. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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departments have resulted in a large number of cut back, these may result in lower standards of care and fewer facilities for those that were formerly catered for. In many
ways there has been the turning of a full cycle with voluntary organisations that were once essential becoming less important with the formation and continuation of the welfare state, and
then re-emerging as the way in which social care and need gaps or voids can be plugged. These movements reflect the changing pressure and the way in which, today, voluntary
organisations are involved directly with government policy. Much of the literature concerns the NHS as this is the major area of study, but can be seen in many other areas
such as education and social services. Public policy is an issue that is controversial at the best of times. The policies themselves are unlikely to uncontested in their aims
and the way that they are implemented. The methods of implementation are variable, in the 1960s Kirschen identified a range of 60 different tools available to government (Howlett and Ramesh,
1996). Others have sought to classify the tools that can be used with systems that have tended to gravitate to measurement by the level and commitment of government. For example,
Cush?man, Lowi, and Dahl and Lindblom who made very broad generalisations and classifications based on whether or not regulation was used (Howlett and Ramesh, 1996) Others added categories such as
whether the tool had a cost financial cost (Howlett and Ramesh, 1996). One way of classifying the toolscan be by measuring them in terms of the level of control
that the government wishes to exercise. These may also be seen to reflect G. Bruce Doern and Richard Phidds levels of coercion model (Howlett and Ramesh, 1996). The choices will
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