Globalization and Marketization of Government Services

How far can government be reinvented? What is the impact of globalization on the delivery of government services around the world? This comparative book debates new managerial and policy paradigms, with a sophisticated analysis of the potential effects of the marketizing of government services. Case studies explore The US Government's National Performance Review, the relocation of Britain's Inland Revenue IT services with a US multi-national, the impact of the Europeanization of government in the EU, the implausibility of reinventing government, and the applicability of new theories of analysis.

Zusammenfassung
How far can government be reinvented? Case studies explore The US Government's National Performance Review, the relocation of Britain's Inland Revenue IT services with a US multi-national, the impact of the Europeanization of government in the EU, the implausibility of reinventing government, and the applicability of new theories of analysis.

Inhalt
Preface and Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - In Search of the State: Markets Myths and Paradigms; A.Massey - The Globalization of Public Services Production: Can Government be 'Best in World'?; P.Dunleavy - The National Performance Review: A New Humanist Public Management?; H.Margetts - European Union and Local Government; M.Goldsmith - The Automated State; H.Margetts - Recycling or Reinventing: The Search for Governmental Efficiency?; G.Jordan - The Bureau-Shaping Model and the Public Service; S.Cope - Index