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Policy Change under Devolution: The Prism of Children's Policy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2010

E. Kay ,
M. Tisdall  and
Malcolm Hill
M. Tisdall
Affiliation:
Co-Director, Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, University of Edinburgh, SPS, CMB 15A George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LD E-mail: k.tisdall@ed.ac.uk
Malcolm Hill
Affiliation:
Research Professor, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow School of Social Work, Sir Henry Wood Building, 76 Southbrae Drive, Glasgow G13 1PP E-mail: malcolm.hill@strath.ac.uk
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Abstract

Children's policy has emerged from the shadows of family and education policy over the last decade throughout the UK. The decade has also seen political and policy transformation, with the change of government from Conservatives to New Labour in 1997 and the latter's delivery on its promise of devolved administrations. Devolution has accompanied claims and attempts to move from ‘government to governance’, to recognise and support partnerships and encourage greater civic engagement.

Scottish children's policy is a prism to review key questions of devolution and its impact on policy change. The article traces and considers policy trends, to conclude that distinctive government structures have interacted with other influences to shape change, allowing more and ‘new’ room for community interests, political parties and distinctive policies.

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Social Policy and Society , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , January 2011 , pp. 29 - 40
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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