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Decentralising Public Service Management

By:Johnston Birchall; Keith Putman; Christopher Pollitt
Publisher:Bloomsbury UK
Print ISBN:9780333694039
eText ISBN:9781349270101
Edition:1
Copyright:1998
Format:Page Fidelity

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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.