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The Politics of Public Sector Reform = From Thatcher to the Coalition /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The Politics of Public Sector Reform/ Michael Burton.
Reminder of title:	From Thatcher to the Coalition /
Author:	Burton, Michael.
Published:	New York :Palgrave Macmillan, : 2013.,
Description:	1 online resource (283 pages)
Subject:	Political consultants - Great Britain. -
Subject:	Great Britain - Politics and government - 1997- -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137316240
ISBN:	9781137316240 (electronic bk.)

The Politics of Public Sector Reform = From Thatcher to the Coalition /
Burton, Michael.

The Politics of Public Sector ReformFrom Thatcher to the Coalition /[electronic resource] :Michael Burton. - New York :Palgrave Macmillan,2013. - 1 online resource (283 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Contents; The Politics of Public Sector Reform: From Thatcher to the Coalition; Part I: The Background to Reform; 1 Reform Under the Conservatives 1979-1997; 2 Reform Under Labour 1997-2010; 3 Reform Under the Coalition 2010-2015; Part II: The Drivers of Reform; 4 Number 10 and the Cabinet Office; 5 The Treasury; 6 The Role of Parliament; 7 The Role of the Consumer and Competition; Part III: Reforming the Key Public Services; 8 Whitehall; 9 The National Health Service; 10 Local Government; 11 The Police; 12 Welfare; 13 Education and Schools.

The first comprehensive 'bird's eye' account of public sector reform supported by references from over 400 official sources, this book is an invaluable guide to all those in the public, private and voluntary sectors grappling with the twin challenges of managing public spending austerity and the pressure inresponse to transform public services.

ISBN: 9781137316240 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

941909
Political consultants
--Great Britain.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

556459
Great Britain
--Politics and government--1997-Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: JN329.C7

Dewey Class. No.: 320.6

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