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British Journal of Social Work, doi:10.1093/bjsw/bch209
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Postmodernization: A Phase We’re Going Through? Management in Social Care

John Lawler 1* and Elizabeth Harlow 2

1 Lecturer in Public Sector Management, University of Leeds
2 Senior Research Fellow and a member of the Salford Centre for Social Work Research, based at the University of Salford

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
John Lawler, E-mail: J.A.Lawler{at}Leeds.ac.uk


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This paper considers the challenges facing managers of social care services in public sector organizations in the UK. Some theorists might argue that these challenges are the manifestation of a new postmodern era. It is argued here, however, that society is not fully postmodern: indeed modernity continues with some of its features (such as a concern with rationality and reason) heightened and intensified. Social trends associated with this transitional phase of postmodernization have been highlighted in the literature and here they form the framework for discussing social care management today.

Keywords: Social care management; postmodernization.
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