Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/0VoUuG Resource Allocation in the Public Sector Values, Priorities and Markets in the Management of Public Services By: Colin Fisher Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9780415178730, 0415178738 eText ISBN: 9781134683093, 113468309X Edition: 1st Pages: 304 Copyright year: 1998 Format: EPUB Available from $ 33.98 USD SKU 9781134683093R90 In the public sector at the moment resources are scarce - or at the very least finite and limited - how they are allocated is therefore of crucial importance. This book analyses this process and examines the competing values that underlie the public service ethic, including the role of markets and quasi-markets, in the delivery of public services. Topics discussed include: * whether people should be denied the public services they need because public bodies are short of money * what balance we should strike between markets and public organisations to provide public services * whether the use of markets has gone too far and whether we need to return to a public service ethic Additional ISBNs 9780203193402, 9781280193767, 9780203266373, 0203193407, 128019376X, 0203266374, 9780415178747, 0415178746