{"product_id":"public-services-and-financial-austerity-9781349333707","title":"Public Services and Financial Austerity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe authors suggest that some of the problems of the public sector are self-inflicted and that current policies may only deliver partial success ''at a price we cannot afford''. It proposes a radical alternative and discusses practical ways it could be implemented. It also explores the threats and opportunities that such an approach might face.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This provocative and clarifying book ...invites us to contemplate the historic watershed that Britain is in, and offers a well-grounded, experience-based set of choices that would end the impotence and provide genuine opportunities for local governance that would work. It's an ambitious and clear call that is issued here; we cannot ignore it if we are to find our way out of this current negative spiral of insanity.'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- Dr Margaret Wheatley, Utah, USA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I: ISSUES AND ALTERNATIVES Introduction The Challenges Facing UK Public Services We Are Not Alone... How Others Have Coped Strategic Background PART II: THE TRADITIONAL MODEL OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND ITS PROSPECTS FOR SUCCESSES The Development of Modern Public Services The Characteristics of the Current UK Public Services Model UK Public Services - Attempts at Reform PART III: RADICAL ALTERNATIVES AND CHARTING THE WAY FORWARD A New Paradigm Managing the Change – What are the Implications? The Wider View Postscript References Bibliography","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742413488471,"sku":"9781349333707","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781349333707.jpg?v=1758384793","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/public-services-and-financial-austerity-9781349333707","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}