Decentralising Public Service Management

Johnston Birchall author Keith Putman author Christopher Pollitt author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:30th Oct '98

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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.

Decentralise authority and let managers manage' has been an almost universal message in UK public services over the last 15 years.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.

ISBN: 9780333694039

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 293g

211 pages