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Shadow State: Inside the Secret Companies that Run Britain
Alan White
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Description for Shadow State: Inside the Secret Companies that Run Britain
Paperback. A gripping investigation into the private companies that run Britain Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JP; KJVD; KNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 148 x 26. Weight in Grams: 390.
Every year the British government spends £80 billion outsourcing public services. Today, private companies are responsible for fulfilling some of the most sensitive and important roles of the state – running prisons and providing healthcare, transport, legal aid, even child protection. These organizations have been handed enormous amounts of power and yet for the most part they operate with no transparency or accountability.
From deportations to NHS cutbacks, Alan White exposes what goes wrong when the invisible hand of the market is introduced into public services. Informed by exclusive interviews with senior managers, campaigners and whistle-blowers, Shadow State is ... Read more
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Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780745749
SKU
V9781780745749
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Alan White
Alan White is UK Breaking News Reporter at Buzzfeed. He has written for The Times, the Guardian, Private Eye and the TLS, amongst other publications. His series of articles, 'The Shadow State', ran on the New Statesman website and were amongst its most read pieces. He lives in London.
Reviews for Shadow State: Inside the Secret Companies that Run Britain
'Readable and well ordered'.
Literary Review
'[A] powerful account of the impact of the privatisation of public services…provides a timely and important analysis of this often overlooked feature of public life'
Evening Standard
‘The takeover of government activity by a cartel of unaccountable corporations is a major shift in the way Britain works. Alan White shines ... Read more
Literary Review
'[A] powerful account of the impact of the privatisation of public services…provides a timely and important analysis of this often overlooked feature of public life'
Evening Standard
‘The takeover of government activity by a cartel of unaccountable corporations is a major shift in the way Britain works. Alan White shines ... Read more