Overview
- Provides a detailed analysis of working conditions in public services in Italy, Denmark and the UK
- Integrates the role of institutions and actors and explores the interplay between market and state
- Examines the effects of marketisation processes on public service employment relations, focusing on both employers and employees
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Conclusion
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Back Matter
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About this book
Examining the consequences of the outsourcing of public services, this book explores the transformation of working conditions, employment relations and the role of the state under marketisation strain. It places these developments in a wider framework that incorporates the legacy of the national models of public administration and employment relations regimes in the public sector. Adopting a comparative perspective by focusing on Italy, Denmark and Britain, the author investigates and questions the influential interpretation of a spreading neo-liberal trajectory in public service working conditions and employment relations, and reveals significant diversity across countries mediated by national institutional configurations. Discussing the interplay between the austerity agenda in the aftermath of the financial crisis and the swelling of outsourcing practices in public services, this book responds to the scholarly call for an integrated approach towards institutions and actors. A valuable read for researchers examining human resource management, labour studies and public administration, this book provides a comprehensive overview of employment relations in outsourced public services.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Anna Mori is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Milan, Italy. With her research interests revolving around comparative employment relations - particularly within the public sector - and trade union strategies, Anna has also held a research position at Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Employment Relations in Outsourced Public Services
Book Subtitle: Working Between Market and State
Authors: Anna Mori
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24627-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24626-6Published: 09 August 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24629-7Published: 09 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-24627-3Published: 27 July 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 231
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Human Resource Management, Non-Profit Organizations and Public Enterprises, Public Administration