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Evaluating Public Management Reforms, Paperback / softback Book

Evaluating Public Management Reforms Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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Governments across the world are pursuing reform in an effort to improve public services.

But have these reforms actually led to improvements in services?

Evaluating Public Management Reforms develops a framework for a theory-based evaluation of reforms, and then uses this framework to assess the impact of new arrangements for public service delivery in the UK.

This book:* identifies the conceptual and practical problems of finding clear criteria for evaluating reforms* focuses on the shifts in public management towards markets and competition, towards the publication of performance indicators, and from larger to smaller organizations* considers what impact these reforms have had on the efficiency, responsiveness and equity of services* comprehensively reviews the evidence on the effects of reform on health care, housing and education* discusses the implications for public sector management.

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