Modernising Work in Public Services

This volume analyzes changing work and employment in British public services. Critically engaging with debates around the ideological, regulatory and social drivers of change, it analyzes important employment relationships. The book tackles key issues, and reflects on public service productivity and its comparative context.

'...Dibben et al are to be congratulated on making a useful contribution to the debate. The book succeeds in its stated aim of providing a comprehensive analysis of public-sector 'modernization' effects on the workforce. Although it is comprehensive, it does not lack depth and the chapters are clear and generally well written throughout.' Philip Morgan, British Journal of Industrial Relations 46:1 March 08

Autorentext
PHILLIP BEAUMONT Professor of Employment Relations, School of Management, University of Glasgow, Scotland SUSAN CORBY Reader in Employment Relations, Business School, University of Greenwich, UK IAN CUNNINGHAM Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management, Department of Human Resource Management, University of Strathclyde, Scotland MOIRA FISCHBACHER Senior Lecturer in Strategy, school of Business and Management, University of Glasgow, Scotland JOHN GRAHL Professor of European Integration, Middlesex University Business School, Middlesex University, UK DAMIEN GRIMSHAW Professor of Employment Studies, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK DAVID MARSDEN Professor of Industrial Relations, London school of Economics, UK MIGUEL MARTINEZ LUCIO Professor of Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management, School of Management, University of Bradford, UK CATHERINE NEEDHAM Lecturer in Politics, Department of Politics, Queen Mary, University of London JUDY PATE Lecturer in Strategy, School of Business and Management, University of Glasgow, Scotland MARK STUART Professor of Human Resource Management and employment Relations, Leeds University Business School, UK NOEL THOMPSON Professor of History, School of Humanities, University of Wales, Swansea, Wales

Inhalt
Introduction; P.Dibben & P.James PART ONE: UNDERLYING DRIVERS OF THE REFORM OF PUBLIC SERVICES From Hayek to New Labour: The Changing Ideology of Public Sector Provision; N.Thompson Supranational Regulation: GATS and EU Policy; J.Grahl Changing Social Trends and Dynamics; G.Wood PART TWO: CONSEQUENCES OF THE EXTERNAL INFLUENCES ON PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT The Erosion of the Public Sphere: Composition and Size of Public Sector Employment; P.Beaumont , J.Pate , M.Fischbacher & A.Verma A Declining Public Service Ethos?; C .Needham Equality' in Britain's 'Modernised' Public Services; S.Corby Trade Union Organisation and Participation; P.James & I.Cunningham PART THREE: THE DYNAMIC NATURE OF EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN PUBLIC SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS 'Partnership' and the Blurring of Organisational Boundaries in Public Service Delivery; I.Roper & D.Grimshaw Trust, the Modernising of Work and the Sustainability of Collective Relations: Partnership in the British Local State; M.M.Lucio & M.Stuart Pay and Rewards in Public Services: Fairness and Equity; D.Marsden Employment Security and Job Insecurity: Two Sides of the Same Coin?; P.Dibben The Comparative Productivity of the Private and Public Sector; S.Sandiv The British Experience in a Comparative Context; B.Hebdon & R.Hickey Conclusion; G.Wood & I.Roper