Introduction;
Part 1: The recent history;
How did we get here? The recent moves to privatise children's social services and social work;
Creeping political control: the Children and Social Work Bill and anti-professionalism;
The key players and their networks;
Part 2: The long haul;
The formation of the welfare state and its 1980s rejection by Thatcher;
Thatchers levers and emchanism to promote marketisation and privatisation;
Blair and New Labour's contribution to the journey;
Cameron, the Coalition and the Conservatives: Cambornism and enhanced Thatcherism;
Part 3: The impact of privatisation;
Privatisation of public services and the undermining of the welfare state;
The experience and outcomes of privatising public services;
The impact to date of the privatisation of social care, social services and social work;
Part 4: Changing course;
No to Tina: an alternative journey for social work and children's social services.