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Public services and financial austerity = getting out of the hole? /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Public services and financial austerity/ Roger Latham, Malcolm Prowle ; with a foreword by Margaret Wheatley.
Reminder of title:	getting out of the hole? /
Author:	Latham, Roger,
other author:	Prowle, Malcolm.
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;Palgrave Macmillan, : 2012.,
Description:	xiii, 264 p. :ill. ; : 23 cm.;
Subject:	Municipal services - Great Britain. -
Online resource:	An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
ISBN:	9780230355224 (electronic bk.)

Public services and financial austerity = getting out of the hole? /
Latham, Roger,1950-

Public services and financial austeritygetting out of the hole? /[electronic resource] :Roger Latham, Malcolm Prowle ; with a foreword by Margaret Wheatley. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;Palgrave Macmillan,2012. - xiii, 264 p. :ill. ;23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-261) and index.

PART 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 b6 s What are the Implications? -- The Wider View -- Postscript -- References -- Bibliography -- -- -- --.

As countries across the Western world struggle to deal with the financial stability of their public services, there is no doubt that the current crisis affecting the public sector is not only the worst post-war, but perhaps the worst in the last hundred years. The current thinking about the economy and the public sector has not only contributed to the financial difficulties but may even have created some of the problems in the first place. As public sector reforms try to find a solution to the crisis, it seems unlikely that continuing with the same approach will provide a solution to the issue of public debt that will be politically or socially acceptable. This book argues that current policies may have some measure of success, but it may be "at a price we cannot afford". It proposes a radical alternative based upon a sound understanding of how organisations and the economy work and discusses practical ways it could be implemented. It also explores the threats, as well as the opportunities, that such an approach will face.

Electronic reproduction.
Basingstoke, England :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2012.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780230355224 (electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 9786613657138

Source: 499787Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

251645
Municipal services
--Great Britain.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

96803
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HD4645.A5 / L38 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 363.6068/1

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