Resource Allocation in the Public Sector: Values, Priorities and Markets in the Management of Public Services

Fisher, Colin

ISBN 10: 0415178746 / ISBN 13: 9780415178747

Published by Routledge, 1998

About this Item

What determines the allocation of resources in the public sector? This book examines the competing values that underlie the public service ethic including the role of markets and quasi-markets. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPQ; KFFD; KJM; KNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 521. . 1998. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Resource Allocation in the Public Sector: Values, Priorities and Markets in the Management of Public Services
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415178746
• ISBN 13: 9780415178747
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In the public sector at the moment resources are scarce - or at the very least finite and limited - how they are allocated is therefore of crucial importance. This book analyses this process and examines the competing values that underlie the public service ethic, including the role of markets and quasi-markets, in the delivery of public services. Topics discussed include: * whether people should be denied the public services they need because public bodies are short of money * what balance we should strike between markets and public organisations to provide public services * whether the use of markets has gone too far and whether we need to return to a public service ethic

About the Author

C.M.Fisher is Principal Lecturer in HRM at Nottingham Business School.