The Other Invisible Hand by Julian Le Grand
Governments spend huge amounts of public money on public services such as health, education, and social care, and yet the services that are delivered are often low quality, inefficiently run, and inequitable in their distribution. This book argues that the solution is to offer choice to users and to encourage competition among providers.
"This book is the bee's kneesSlender though it may be, it is one of the finest discussions of the dilemmas of and possibilities for the public services published in the past ten years."--Anthony Giddens, Times Higher Education Supplement "Anyone interested in a succinct, engaging account of new ideas for public service modernization in the UK, in health and education particularly, will race through Julian Le Grand's latest book... While the style is light, the thinking is certainly not simplistic. This is not an argument for the privatization of public services or the nonchalant handing out of money to patients or parents to fend for themselves on health and education. Nor is it, thankfully, concerned with the method of raising finance for health, which can often distract from other policy issues. It is, rather, about harnessing the positive aspects of competition between providers and choice for users. The purpose is to support interlinked social goals of equity, efficiency, improved health outcomes, social cohesion, the avoidance of segregation and better social mobility."--Mary Harney, Irish Times "For a spirited defence of the role of choice-and-competition in the public service delivery mix, you will not find a better book than Le Grand's."--Robert E. Goodin, Public Policy "[T]he book provides a lively, and well written polemic that should be widely consulted particularly by those who are skeptical about the merits of a market approach to social welfare."--James Midgley, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare
Julian Le Grand is the Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. From 2003 to 2005 he was senior policy adviser to the British prime minister. His books include "Motivation, Agency, and Public Policy: Of Knights and Knaves, Pawns and Queens".
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691129365 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691129363 |
| Title | The Other Invisible Hand |
| Author | Julian Le Grand |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 2007-08-19 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
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