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The Other Invisible Hand: Delivering Public Services through Choice and Competition
Julian Le Grand
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Description for The Other Invisible Hand: Delivering Public Services through Choice and Competition
Paperback. Governments spend huge amounts of public money on public services such as health, education, and social care, and yet the services that are delivered are often low quality, inefficiently run, and inequitable in their distribution. This book argues that the solution is to offer choice to users and to encourage competition among providers. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPQB; JPRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
How can we ensure high-quality public services such as health care and education? Governments spend huge amounts of public money on public services such as health, education, and social care, and yet the services that are actually delivered are often low quality, inefficiently run, unresponsive to their users, and inequitable in their distribution. In this book, Julian Le Grand argues that the best solution is to offer choice to users and to encourage competition among providers. Le Grand has just completed a period as policy advisor working within the British government at the highest levels, and from this he has ... Read more
How can we ensure high-quality public services such as health care and education? Governments spend huge amounts of public money on public services such as health, education, and social care, and yet the services that are actually delivered are often low quality, inefficiently run, unresponsive to their users, and inequitable in their distribution. In this book, Julian Le Grand argues that the best solution is to offer choice to users and to encourage competition among providers. Le Grand has just completed a period as policy advisor working within the British government at the highest levels, and from this he has ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691129365
SKU
V9780691129365
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About Julian Le Grand
Julian Le Grand is the Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. From 2003 to 2005 he was senior policy adviser to the British prime minister. His books include "Motivation, Agency, and Public Policy: Of Knights and Knaves, Pawns and Queens".
Reviews for The Other Invisible Hand: Delivering Public Services through Choice and Competition
"This book is the bee's knees. Slender though it may be, it is one of the finest discussions of the dilemmas of and possibilities for the public services published in the past ten years."
Anthony Giddens, Times Higher Education Supplement "Anyone interested in a succinct, engaging account of new ideas for public service modernization in the UK, in health and education ... Read more
Anthony Giddens, Times Higher Education Supplement "Anyone interested in a succinct, engaging account of new ideas for public service modernization in the UK, in health and education ... Read more