Contesting Public Sector Reforms

PAULINE DIBBEN is Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management at the Middlesex University Business School. She has published widely in the area of both Public Sector Management and Human Resource Management. Her current research interests include local government, transport and social exclusion, and social movement unionism. GEOFFREY WOOD is Professor of Comparative Human Resource Management at Middlesex University. He is currently Overseas Research Associate of the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. He has published six books and numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals. Hi

This edited volume provides a critical and international analysis of the public sector through theoretical debates, empirical issues and regional studies. It begins by reassessing the public choice theoretical paradigm, the implications of New Public Management, the current crisis of democracy and ways of mediating market pressures.This edited volume provides a critical and international analysis of the public sector through theoretical debates, empirical issues and regional studies. It begins by reassessing the public choice theoretical paradigm, the implications of New Public Management, the current crisis of democracy and ways of mediating market pressures. It then investigates recent developments in ethics, service provision, industrial relations and the nature of work, before examining critical issues in countries and regions from both the developed and developing world, and reflecting on the way forward.