Author: Walsh, Kieron
Title: Public Services & Market Mechanisms. Competition, Contracting & the New Public Management
Description: New Yotk, St. Martin's Press, (1995). orig.boards. 22x14cm, xiii, 284 pp. Textual tables. Minor rubbing, VG, in a torn & tape-repaired dustwrapper. dustw ¶ Contents: The State & the Market: The Traditional Model of Public Service Provision; The Market Alternative; The Political Dynamics of Marketisation;The Market in Action: Charging for Public Services; Contracts & Competition; Internal Markets; Agencies & Devolved Control; The Impact of Marketisation: Organisation & Accountability; Efficiency & Quality.

Keywords: Public Administration, Privatization, Contracts, Great Britain, Human Services, Government, Management, Contracting,