Outsourcing in the UK: Policies, Practices and Outcomes
Janice Morphet
Abstract
This book analyses the role and use of outsourcing within the UK public sector since the mid-1970s. The book examines the many drivers for the use of outsourcing in the public sector, including international agreements, new public management, performativity and austerity. It 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 e ... More
Keywords: outsourcing, UK public sector, public sector competition, private sector, service sectors
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2021 | Print ISBN-13: 9781529209600 |
| Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: January 2022 | DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781529209600.001.0001 |
