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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