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An original and stimulating analysis which connects two important topics of de-professionalism and austerity. Martin Powell, University of Birmingham

"“An optimistic and authoritative study. After the austerity years and the madness of Brexit, we should expect a much better more professional public sector future. This book tells us why.” Danny Dorling, University of Oxford “An original and stimulating analysis which connects the two important topics of de-professionalism and austerity.” Martin Powell, University of Birmingham ""Nigel Malin provides us with profound insights into the state of contemporary public sector professionalism. Well written and meticulously researched, this book should be read by all of us concerned about providing high quality public services."" Nick Frost, Leeds Beckett University 'This important book sets out the myriad, and heretofore overlooked, ways that the UK’s austerity project has impacted on those professions tasked with implementing it.' Stephen Crossley, Northumbria University"

“An optimistic and authoritative study. After the austerity years and the madness of Brexit, we should expect a much better more professional public sector future. This book tells us why.” Danny Dorling, University of Oxford “An original and stimulating analysis which connects the two important topics of de-professionalism and austerity.” Martin Powell, University of Birmingham ""Nigel Malin provides us with profound insights into the state of contemporary public sector professionalism. Well written and meticulously researched, this book should be read by all of us concerned about providing high quality public services."" Nick Frost, Leeds Beckett University 'This important book sets out the myriad, and heretofore overlooked, ways that the UK’s austerity project has impacted on those professions tasked with implementing it.' Stephen Crossley, Northumbria University

An original and stimulating analysis which connects two important topics of de-professionalism and austerity. Martin Powell, University of Birmingham An optimistic and authoritative study. After the austerity years and the madness of Brexit, we should expect a much better more professional public sector future. This book tells us why. Danny Dorling, University of Oxford Nigel Malin provides us with profound insights into the state of contemporary public sector professionalism. Well-written and meticulously researched, this book should be read by all of us concerned about providing high quality public services. Nick Frost, Leeds Beckett University

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Nigel Malin holds degrees from the Universities of Manchester, Oxford, Sheffield and the West of Scotland. Previously he has held full-time teaching and research posts at the Universities of Sunderland, Derby, Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University, including two Professorships and one Readership. He is author/co-author of ten books, including Professionalism, Boundaries and Workplace (Routledge, 1999), Key Concepts and Debates in Health and Social Policy (Open University Press, 2002), Evaluating Sure Start (Whiting & Birch, 2012) and Community Care For Nurses And the Caring Professions (Open University Press, 1999). Since 2014 he has been Editor of Social Work & Social Sciences Review: An International Journal of Applied Research and since 2015 Associate Editor for the British Journal of Learning Disabilities. He currently lives in Sheffield and is undertaking research on the topic of professionalism and identity.

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