Decentralising Public Service Management (Paperback)

Keith Putman

ISBN 10: 0333694031 / ISBN 13: 9780333694039

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Basingstoke, 1998

About this Item

Paperback. Decentralise authority and let managers manage' has been an almost universal message in UK public services over the last 15 years. But does it really work? Drawing on their own - and a wide range of other research - the authors show that behind the ministerial rhetoric the experiences of NHS trusts, grant maintained schools and housing associations were in practice distinctly mixed. The book offers a sophisticated theoretical analysis of the origins and results of decentralised public management in the UK. The authors show that behind the ministerial rhetoric the experiences of NHS trusts, grant maintained schools and housing associations were in practice distinctly mixed. The book offers an analysis of the origins and results of decentralised public management in the UK. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Decentralising Public Service Management (Paperback)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Basingstoke
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333694031
• ISBN 13: 9780333694039
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Decentralise authority and let managers manage' has been an almost universal message in UK public services over the last 15 years. But does it really work? Drawing on their own - and a wide range of other research - the authors show that behind the ministerial rhetoric the experiences of NHS trusts, grant maintained schools and housing associations were in practice distinctly mixed. The book offers a sophisticated theoretical analysis of the origins and results of decentralised public management in the UK.

About the Author

CHRISTOPHER POLLITT is Professor of Government and Co-Director of the Centre for the Evaluation of Public Policy and Practice, Brunel University.

JOHNSTON BIRCHALL is Lecturer in Government, Brunel University. He has published extensively on housing policy and the Co-operative movement.

KEITH PUTMAN is a Research Assistant and school teacher.
CHRISTOPHER POLLITT is Professor of Government and Co-Director of the Centre for the Evaluation of Public Policy and Practice, Brunel University.

JOHNSTON BIRCHALL is Lecturer in Government, Brunel University. He has published extensively on housing policy and the Co-operative movement.

KEITH PUTMAN is a Research Assistant and school teacher.