The Politics of Public Sector Reform: From Thatcher to the Coalition

by Michael Burton

Book Overview

The UK public sector faces an unprecedented long-term challenge. A decade of plenty in the public finances has been followed by a decade and more of austerity. Public services are undergoing long-term annual spending cuts even as demographic changes create soaring demand in health, education and adult care. The challenge for the public sector is how to radically transform and adapt to the new era while avoiding the mistakes of previous reform programmes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230363644
• ISBN13: 9780230363649
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"