This is an excellent new contribution to current academic and
policy debates, and will be of great interest internationally to
all students, researchers, public sector managers and policy
makers.
The improvement of public services has become a key priority for
all the main political parties in the UK. Recent years have
witnessed large, real terms increases in spending on public
services and a plethora of new initiatives designed to drive up
standards in the Heath Service, schools, the police and local
government.
As part of this broader picture the Government has launched
major reforms that it hopes will transform local authority
performance. Councils have had to develop new ways of delivering
services. They have been under pressure to achieve 'stretch
targets' and to work in partnership with other local agencies to
provide more 'joined up' services. More recently ministers have
also stepped up the pressure on them to achieve major efficiency
savings through better procurement and working practices.
To date relatively little has been written about these
developments. This book fills this gap by bringing togther
authoritative analysis of current reforms ythrough speically
commisioned chapters by leading researchers, policy makers and
practitioners who have been closely involved in the development and
implementation of these policies.
This book was previously published as a special issue of Local
Government Studies.
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