Although the phrase "joined up policy" is recent, there's nothing new about
the idea; there are sources from the 1940s which are concerned with the
inter-connectedness of government policy, and this was the basis for
arguments for social planning. This idea went into abeyance, though, and
concern about disconnected policy only re-emerged in the 1970s. One of the
key sources must be the Central Policy Review Staff's A Joint Framework for
Social Policies, published in 1975. Tessa Blackstone, a key figure in New
Labour, was in the CPRS.
Paul Spicker
University of Dundee
Dundee DD1 4HN
Scotland
Tel: + 44 1382 344929
Fax: + 44 1382 344675
Website: http://www.dundee.ac.uk/politics/socialpolicy
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