Outsourcing in the UK: Policies, Practices and Outcomes

Outsourcing in the UK: Policies, Practices and Outcomes

By Janice Morphet

In this comprehensive account, Janice Morphet analyses the role and use of outsourcing within the UK public sector since the mid-1970s. Morphet examines the many drivers for the use of outsourcing in the public sector, including international agreements, new public management, performativity and austerity.

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Publisher: Bristol University Press
Publish Date: 05/14/2021
Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9781529209600
ISBN-10: 1529209609
Language: English

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In this comprehensive account, Janice Morphet analyses the role and use of outsourcing within the UK public sector since the mid-1970s. Morphet examines the many drivers for the use of outsourcing in the public sector, including international agreements, new public management, performativity and austerity. She also takes in to account the role and failures of the private sector and its response to the opening up of public sector competition. By investigating the way that outsourcing has been used in different service sectors and across scales, the book illustrates the impact it has had on ideology, policy narratives and public expectations in the present.

About the Author

Janice Morphet has had a career in academia, local and central government and is now Visiting Professor in the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London.

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