Public Services Inspection in the UK

Herausgeber: Martin, Steve; Davis, Howard

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyses the key debates about the role that inspection plays in increasing public accountability and encouraging service improvement. Contributors describe current inspection methods across the key public sectors, and examine the underlying issues and tensions associated with public services inspection.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9781843105275
• ISBN-10: 1843105276
• Artikelnr.: 22982877

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: 1. The Rise of Public Services Inspection. Steve Martin
Cardiff Business School and Howard Davis
Warwick Business School. 2. Inspection of Local Government Services. James Downe
Cardiff University. 3. Inspection of Adult and Children's Social Care. Chris John
University of Wales Business School
Cardiff and David Loc
University of Wales Institute
Cardiff. 4. Inspection of Education and Skills: From Improvement to Accountability. Jane Martin
Local Better Regulation Office. 5. Regulation and Inspection of Health Services. Kieran Walshe
Manchester Business School. 6. Inspection and the Criminal Justice Agencies. John W. Raine
University of Birmingham. 7. Holistic Public Services Inspection. Steve Bundred
Audit Commission and Clive Grace
Cardiff University. 8. Performance Paradoxes: The Politics of Evaluation in Public Service. John Clarke
Open University. 9. The Future of Public Services Inspection. Howard Davis
Warwick Business School and Steve Martin
Cardiff Business School. The Editors. The Contributors. Subject index. Author index.