Public Service on the Brink.

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The contributors to this book mount a robust defence of the concept and practice of public service at a crucial time for its future. They question the ill-conceived assumptions behind the endless programmes of reform imposed by successive governments, often on the basis of advice from people with no...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Manson, Jenny
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Luton : Andrews UK, 2012.
Temas:
Administrative responsibility > Great Britain.
Civil service reform > Great Britain.
Public administration > Great Britain.
Responsabilité administrative > Grande-Bretagne.
Fonction publique > Réforme > Grande-Bretagne.
Administration publique (Science) > Grande-Bretagne.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Executive Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration.
Administrative responsibility.
Civil service reform.
Public administration.
Government - Non-U.S.
Law, Politics & Government.
Government - Europe.
Great Britain.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contributors; Jenny Manson: Introduction; Body Matter; Part I: The Civil Service; Mark Serwotka: Saving Public Services; Rodric Braithwaite: Why We Need an Elite Public Service; Part II: The Academic Debate; Ursula Murray: Local Government and the Meaning of Publicness; Oliver Huitson: The Public Private Partnership
  • The Privatisation of Governance; Part III: Health and Education; Jonathan C.W. Edwards: The NHS: Health as Wealth; Libby Goldby: Secondary Education.
  • David Wiggins: From a Humanities Perspective
  • New Public Management and the UniversitiesPart IV: Facing the Problem of Public Service; Rebekah Carrier: Legal Aid
  • A Welfare Service?; Chris Richardson: Britain's Railways; Liz Kessler: Public Service
  • Why it is so difficult to ensure that places meet the needs of people, especially in areas of multi-deprivation; Part V: The Public Debate; Dan Carrier: From Heroes to Zeroes
  • How the Press report the work of public sector employees; Back Matter; Other Titles Available from Imprint Academic and Andrews UK.

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