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Professionals and the new managerialism in the public sector / edited by Mark Exworthy and Susan Halford.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Buckingham : Open University Press, 1999.Description: viii,158p. ; 24cmISBN:
  • 9780335198207 .
  • 9780335198207 .
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Professionals and managers in a changing public sector: conflict, compromise and collaboration? -- Managerialism, professionalism and quasi-markets -- Clinical autonomy and health policy: past and futures -- Markets and management: the case of primary schools -- Professionals as managers across the public sector -- New identities? Professionalism, managerialism and the construction of self -- Assessment and conclusions
Summary: Following the emergence of 'new managerialism' in the 1980's and 90's, this book explores its relationship with professionals and professionalism by using in-depth studies from education, social work and medicine, shedding new light on old debates.
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"The idea for this book originated from a seminar series funded by the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Southampton ... this support ... enabled the contributors to present earlier versions of their papers at a one day conference"--Acknowl.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Professionals and managers in a changing public sector: conflict, compromise and collaboration? -- Managerialism, professionalism and quasi-markets -- Clinical autonomy and health policy: past and futures -- Markets and management: the case of primary schools -- Professionals as managers across the public sector -- New identities? Professionalism, managerialism and the construction of self -- Assessment and conclusions

Following the emergence of 'new managerialism' in the 1980's and 90's, this book explores its relationship with professionals and professionalism by using in-depth studies from education, social work and medicine, shedding new light on old debates.

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