Public Services and Market Mechanisms: Competition, Contracting and the New Public Management (Public Policy and Politics, 29)

The introduction of market mechanisms and a new public management are transforming government and public service throughout the world. Drawing on the experience of a number of countries but focusing, in particular, on the UK where change has progressed furthest and on the broadest front, this is the first comprehensive account of the impact of a whole range of innovations such as charging, contracting, internal markets and the creation of devolved agencies. 1. The Politics Of Leisure And Policy -- Leisure Politics And Policy In Industrialising Britain -- 2. Political Ideology And Central Government Leisure Policy -- Liberalism: The Political Philosophy Of The New Right -- Conservatism -- Socialism -- New Labour: In Search Of A Third Way -- The Consequences Of Political Ideologies For Leisure Policy -- Gender, Race, Political Ideologies And Leisure Policy -- The Erosion Of The Social Democratic Consensus -- 3. Leisure, The State And Policy: New Labour In The New Millennium -- 'new Economic Realism' And The Restructuring Of The Welfare State: Some Leisure Policy Continuities Across Labour And Conservative, Governments, 1976-84 -- State Flexibilisation And Disinvestment: Part 1 -- The Emergence Of A New Right Leisure Policy Agenda In The Later Thatcher Governments, 1985-90 -- Flexibilisation And Disinvestment: Part 2 -- Leisure Policy And The Major Administrations, 1990-7 -- New Labour And The Search For A Responsible Market --^ Leisure, The State And Social Theory -- 4. Local Government And Leisure Policy: From The Thatcher Era To The Modernisation Agenda -- Local Government Leisure Services In The 1970s: An Arm Of The Welfare State -- Local Government And New Economic Realism, 1976-85 -- Flexibilisation And Disinvestment In Local Government Leisure Services: The Conservative Governments Of 1985-97 -- In Search Of The Responsible Market: Local Government And New Labour's Modernising Agenda -- 5. The Leisure Professionals -- From Facility Managers To Liberal Welfare Professionals: Public Sector Leisure Management In The 1970s -- Professionalism In Local Government Under Pressure In The 1980s: From Welfare Ideology To New Economic Realism -- Leisure And Management In The Context Of The Flexible State And Disinvestment: The New Right, New Managerialism And Competitive Management -- In Search Of The Responsible Market: From Contract Culture To Transformational Management --^ 6. The Commercial And Voluntary Sectors -- The Historical Context Of The Development Of The Commercial And Voluntary Sectors In Leisure In Industrial Britain -- The Leisure And The Commercial Sector In Britain At The Beginning Of The Twenty-first Century -- Leisure And The Voluntary Sector In Britain In The 1980s And 1990s -- 7. Social Regulation And The Governance Of Leisure -- Regulation Theory: Explanations Of The Changing Global Political Economy -- Thatcherism As A Hegemonic Project, Post-fordism And Urban Leisure Policy -- Post-fordist Local Government And Leisure Policy -- Leisure Policy In Sheffield: The Journey From Left Fordist To Right Post-fordist Strategy -- Conclusion: Some Comments On Local, National And Transnational Influences On Leisure Policy -- 8. Leisure Politics And Policy: Strategic Relations In The Global Context -- Strategic Relations And Policy: The City And The Nation-state -- Strategic Relations And Leisure Policy: The European Union. Ian P. Henry. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 254-274) And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Traditional Model of Public Service Provision....Pages 3-28 The Market Alternative....Pages 29-55 The Political Dynamics of Marketisation....Pages 56-80 Front Matter....Pages 81-81 Charging for Public Services....Pages 83-109 Contracts and Competition....Pages 110-137 Internal Markets....Pages 138-163 Agencies and Devolved Control....Pages 164-192 Front Matter....Pages 193-193 Organisation and Accountability....Pages 195-221 Efficiency and Quality....Pages 222-249 Conclusion....Pages 250-257 Back Matter....Pages 259-284 Examines the effect of market mechanisms and new public management on government and public service. Drawing on the experience of the UK and other countries, this book is an account of the impact of a whole range of innovations such as charging, contracting and the creation of devolved agencies Mullins and Murie explore the evolution and practice of UK housing policy in this up-to-date textbook. They cover contemporary issues, policies, and management across the whole range of housing tenures, set in an historical and comparative context This volume provides an account of the impact of social, economic and cultural change on the demand for leisure and the response of politicians and professionals. It discusses the situation with regard to post-Thatcher era issues