Management Consultancy and the British State: A Historical Analysis Since 1960

by Antonio E. Weiss

Book Overview

This book traces the emergence and development of the relationship between management consultancies and the British state. It seeks to answer three questions: why were management consultants brought into the machinery of the state; how has state power been impacted by bringing profit-seeking actors into the machinery of the state; and how has the nature of management consultancy changed over time?

The book demonstrates the role...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030076407
• ISBN13: 9783030076405
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 355 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"