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  • © 1987

The Politics of Privatisation

Contracting Out Public Services

Authors:

  1. Kate Ascher

    1. London, UK

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. An Introduction to Contracting Out

    • Kate Ascher
    Pages 1-21

  4. The Contract Service Industries

    • Kate Ascher
    Pages 54-96

  5. The Trade Union Response

    • Kate Ascher
    Pages 97-134

  6. The Mechanics of Competitive Tendering

    • Kate Ascher
    Pages 135-166

  7. Competitive Tendering in the NHS

    • Kate Ascher
    Pages 167-208

  8. Contracting Out in Local Authorities

    • Kate Ascher
    Pages 209-246

  9. An Overview of the Debate

    • Kate Ascher
    Pages 247-270

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 271-293
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...a very well researched, informative and thoughtful. It is an authoritative study of a fast changing area and introduces a welcome note of sanity into a highly changed debate.' Stephen Wilks, Parliamentary Affairs
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    Kate Ascher

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