Public services : a new reform agenda /

Griffiths, Kippin and Stoker bring together many of the country's leading academic and policy experts to explore the long-term challenges facing public services, and ask what the role of government, citizens and society should be in addressing them. The book sets out a new reform agenda, explor...

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Other Authors: Griffiths, Simon, 1976-, Kippin, Henry P. W., Stoker, Gerry
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.
Series:Open Access e-Books
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Table of Contents:
  • FC; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; About the Authors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction Simon Griffiths and Henry Kippin; Part 1 New Relationships Between State and Citizen; 2 Motivation, Behaviour and the Microfoundations of Public Services Gerry Stoker and Alice Moseley; 3 Developing a Civic Approach to Public Services: Time to take pluralism seriously Michael Kenny; 4 Towards a New Model of Public Services: The Capability Approach and Rights-Based Approaches Polly Vizard; 5 Public Service Reform and Social Inequality Peter Taylor-Gooby.
  • 6 Democracy, Deliberation and Public Service Reform Annabelle LeverPart 2 A New Public Services Ecology; 7 Fostering Supply Side Markets for Public Services Paul A. Grout; 8 A New Role for the Third Sector? Pete Alcock; 9 Targets and Rankings; Choice and Voice: Performance Indicators and Public Service Accountability Deborah Wilson; 10 Choice and Competition: Evidence from Health Care Carol Propper; 11 Joined-up Public Services Patrick Dunleavy; Part 3 A New Fiscal Relationship; 12 Financing Future Welfare States: A new partnership model? Howard Glennerster.
  • 13 Reflections on Public Service Reform in a Cold Fiscal Climate Christopher HoodAfterword: What Next for Public Services? Ben Lucas, Gerry Stoker and Matthew Taylor; Bibliography; Index.