Charter schools elevate choice and competition to foster educational innovations. Indeed,
these market-style mechanisms are intended to challenge standardized practices …

This article presents the results of a systematic review of international studies on economic
and quality effects of contracting out published in the period from 2000 to 2014. We …

Governance has become one of the most commonly used concepts in contemporary political
science. It is, however, often used to mean a variety of different things. This book helps to …

Public sector organisations are confronted with growing health and social care needs in
combination with severe resource constraints, prompting interest in innovative responses to …

This internationally appealing book is based on a two-year case study of a group of young
people as they move through their final year of mandatory schooling and into their first year …

Public services are often provided in markets where both public and private providers
operate. Irrespective of ownership status, public services ought to be accessible regardless …

Serving as an introduction to the UK's voluntary sector, this book builds on the foundations
lain in an earlier book by Kendall and Dahrendorf. Using a comparative approach to place …

Governments across the world are pursuing reform in an effort to improve public services.
But have these reforms actually led to improvements in services? Evaluating Public …

This paper discusses a theoretical framework to study the issues of competition and
incentives without relying on the standard profit‐oriented 'market'model in the context of the …

Wer von einer Ökonomisierung gesellschaftlicher Teilbereiche wie z. B. der Hochschulen
oder des Gesundheitswesens oder gar von einer Ökonomisierung der Gesellschaft …