Title Public services and market mechanisms : competition, contracting, and the new public management / Kieron Walsh

Published New York : St. Martin's Press, 1995

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Description xxiii, 284 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Contents 1. The Traditional Model of Public Service Provision -- 2. The Market Alternative -- 3. The Political Dynamics of Marketisation -- 4. Charging for Public Services -- 5. Contracts and Competition -- 6. Internal Markets -- 7. Agencies and Devolved Control -- 8. Organisation and Accountability -- 9. Efficiency and Quality Analysis Public service Contracting out Competition Great Britain Privatisation Market forces User pays principle Public service accountability Public sector efficiency International comparisons Overseas item Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-276) and index Subject Public contracts. Privatization. Human services -- Cost control. Public contracts -- Great Britain. Privatization -- Great Britain. Human services -- Great Britain -- Cost control. LC no. 94043979 ISBN 0312125534

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