Chris Hurl, Leah B. Werner

The Consulting Trap

How Professional Service Firms Hook Governments and Undermine Democracy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book exposes how powerful consulting firms influence public policy; with grave consequences for democracy, essential services, and the common good.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 153mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 302g
• ISBN-13: 9781773636672
• ISBN-10: 1773636677
• Artikelnr.: 70101827

Autorenporträt

Chris Hurl is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Concordia University. His research explores the influence of the private sector in public policymaking and service delivery. He is the co-editor of two books. Corporatizing Canada: Making Business Out of Public Service investigates the politics of public sector restructuring under neoliberalism. Professional Service Firms and Politics in a Global Era looks at the influence of professional service firms in public policy-making across the globe. He is the co-editor of Corporatizing Canada: Making Business Out of Public Service and Professional Service Firms and Politics in a Global Era. His research has appeared in Environment and Planning, Studies in Political Economy, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Labour/Le Travail and the Journal of Canadian Studies.