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MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY AND THE BRITISH STATE IBD

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
11 / 2018
9783319998756
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Sinopsis

This book traces the emergence and development of theárelationship between management consultancies and the British state. It seeks to answeráthree questions: why were management consultants brought into the machinery ofáthe state, how has state power been impacted by bringing profit-seeking actorsáinto the machinery of the state, and how has the nature of managementáconsultancy changed over time?The book demonstrates the role consultants played in major developments in the postwaráperiod.áSpecific case studies interrogate how consultancies influenced the policy fields of health service reform and social security benefits. This book will redefine debates amongst business historians and historians of the postwar British state about the nature of management consultancy and public sector reform.