This book explores two public sector scandals in the UK, drawing on Max Weber's thought on 'the iron cage' to understand how these cases of patient-neglect in NHS hospitals and failures by police and social workers to address the organised sexual exploitation of young girls occurred.

Rowena Slope is a Senior Lecturer in adult nursing based in the UK. Her clinical experience includes working as an Emergency Nurse in an Emergency Department while her doctorate analysed handover communication between prehospital and hospital receiving staff.

Introduction

Chapter 1 - Life, Times and Works of Max Weber (1864-1920)

Chapter 2 - Relevant applications of Max Weber's work

Chapter 3 - New managerialism at Mid Staffordshire and Rotherham

Chapter 4 - Professional indoctrination

Chapter 5 - Regulatory compromise

Chapter 6 - Acts of Violence

Chapter 7 - Human Fragility

Chapter 8 - Sensory deprivation

Chapter 9 - Going forward

Chapter 10 - Conclusion

Chapter 11 - Covid-19 afterword