The marketization of employment services : the dilemmas of Europe's work-first welfare state /

Markets have become the favoured means for re-engineering public services, to reduce costs while increasing innovation, performance, accountability to taxpayers, and responsiveness to clients. This book provides a new conceptualization of the markets, the dilemmas and tradeoffs they generate, and th...

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The Marketization of Employment Services: The Dilemmas of Europe's Work-First Welfare States
List of Abbreviations
1: Introduction
2: Employment Services: Three Marketization Stories
3: Marketization and Transaction Modes
4: Employment-Services Sectors under Resource Scarcity and Uncertainty
5: Employment Relations and Labor Process: Institutional Disorganization and Management Control
6: Governance Implications: Dilemmas and Tradeoffs
7: Conclusion
Hauptverfasser:
Greer, Ian, Breidahl, Karen N., Knuth, Matthias, Larsen, Flemming
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford University Press 2018
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
Markets have become the favoured means for re-engineering public services, to reduce costs while increasing innovation, performance, accountability to taxpayers, and responsiveness to clients. This book provides a new conceptualization of the markets, the dilemmas and tradeoffs they generate, and the differing services and workplaces that result.
Umfang:
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Anmerkungen:
This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-108822-6
0-19-182736-3
0-19-108821-8
Schlagworte:
Government purchasing.
Public administration.
Labor market.
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