By: Susan Corby (Editor), Geoff White (Editor)

Hardcover

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Almost a fifth of all employees work in the public sector. Employees working in the civil service, NHS, local government, education, the police and fire services also represent a large and growing body of students taking degree courses at universities. Exploring this important and rapidly changing area, this book outlines the main developments in the public sector since 1979, including topical issues such as the rise of new public management, decentralisation and contracting out. Themes which currently affect public sector employees are examined, including:

* decentralization
* contracting out
* fragmentation and the growth of individualism in the employment contract.

This stimulating, up-to-date and intellectually rigorous text is thematic, rather than sector specific, and reflects the way this subject is taught in a range of courses. It will complement alternative texts in this area and will be a valuable resource for students of public policy, public sector management, human resource management, employee and industrial relations.

List of figures and tables	p. vii
The editors and the contributors	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
From the New Right to New Labour	p. 3
Context	p. 27
The economic and financial context: the shrinking state?	p. 29
The legal context: public or private?	p. 53
Issues	p. 71
The remuneration of public servants: fair pay or New Pay?	p. 73
Equal opportunities: fair shares for all?	p. 95
Employment flexibility: push or pull?	p. 114
Tendering and outsourcing: working in the contract state?	p. 136
Quality management: a new form of control?	p. 156
Players	p. 175
Personnel managers: managing to change?	p. 177
Trade unions: the challenge of individualism?	p. 199
Index	p. 225
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ISBN: 9780415174442
ISBN-10: 0415174449
Series: Routledge Studies in Employment Relations
Audience: Professional
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 252
Published: 19th April 1999
Dimensions (cm): 23.4 x 15.6  x 1.7
Weight (kg): 0.52