Outsourcing in the UK

Policies, Practices and Outcomes
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-5292-0960-0
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 558 g

In this comprehensive account, Janice Morphet analyses the role and use of outsourcing within the UK public sector since the mid-1970s.

Morphet examines the many drivers for the use of outsourcing in the public sector, including international agreements, new public management, performativity and austerity. She also takes in to account the role and failures of the private sector and its response to the opening up of public sector competition.

By investigating the way that outsourcing has been used in different service sectors and across scales, the book illustrates the impact it has had on ideology, policy narratives and public expectations in the present.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Morphet, Janice

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

The Legal Basis for Competition in Public Services

Competition in Utilities

Preparing to Outsource Government Services

Local Government: Compulsory Competition and Best Value

Creating the Public Services Market

Outsourcing Central Government Services

Liberalising Health Services and Functions

Outsourcing in Education

The Third Sector and Social Value

Taking Back Service Delivery

Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Morphet, Janice
Janice Morphet is a Visiting Professor at University College London. She has over fifty years of experience in local and central government as well as academia and has written and researched about Brexit, Covid, outsourcing, devolution and public services.

Janice Morphet has had a career in academia, local and central government and is now Visiting Professor in the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London.