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.
Howard Davis is Acting Director of the Local Government Centre, Warwick Business School. Steve Martin is Professor of Public Policy and Management and Director of the Centre for Local and Regional Government Research at Cardiff University.
In this detailed account of the changing role of inspection in
public services management, contributors analyze the key debates
about the role that inspection plays in increasing public
accountability and encouraging services improvements. They show
were inspection works and where it does not, and explain the rise
of such inspections and the inspection of local governments
services, inspection of adult's and children's social care,
education systems, health services and criminal justice
agencies.
*Booknews.com*
The book provides a valuable narrated historical evolution of the
different inspection practices for the different public services in
the UK. A key reference for future research on inspection in
general and on the public service inspection in the UK.
*The International Journal of Public Sector Management*
A valuable feature of the book is that it has a truly UK-wide
scope, the devolved systems of inspection are described for all
four jurisdictions and there are active comparisons between the
evolving systems... In dealing forthrightly with the issues of
inspection, this is a valuable collection of writings that develops
a critical awareness and overview... For those wanting to
understand more of the origins, theories and practice of
inspection, this book is a good place to start.
*Research, Policy and Planning*
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