Synopses & Reviews
What are the implications of the contract culture and its introduction into Britain's public services, for both the providers and users of services? The authors compare and contrast local government, health, and social care services, arguing that these changes involve a fundamental break with past understandings of public services management. This new study, based on original research in the field, examines the situation and identifies the prospects for future action.
Table of Contents
Foreword
1. The Theory and Practice of Contracting, Simon Deakin and Jonathan Michie
Part I. Trust, Co-operation, and Competition
2. Private Sector Business Contracts: The Text Between the Lines, Bruce Lyons and Judith Mehta
3. A Longitudinal Study of the Management of Co-operative Strategies, Peter Buckley and Malcolm Chapman
4. Regulatory Change in the British Television Industry: Effects on Productivity and Competition, Dan Coffey, Peter Nolan, Richard Saundry, and Malcolm Sawyer
5. Contract Law, Trust Relations, and Incentives for Co-operation: A Comparative Study, Simon Deakin, Christel Lane, and Frank Wilkinson
Part II. Public Sector Contracting and Quasi-Markets
6. Hybrid Organization and Contractual Governance in the Provision of Local Authority Services, Peter Vincent-Jones
7. Control and Restraint in NHS Contracting, Jonathan Montgomery
8. Conceptualizing Contractual Disputes in the NHS Internal Market, Jean McHale
9. Contracts, Competition, and Accounting in Health and Education: Juridification at Work?, Richard Laughlin and Jane Broadbent
Part III. Contract Law and Economic Analysis
10. Contract Law, Co-operation, and Good Faith: The Movement from Static to Dynamic Market-Individualism, Roger Brownsword
11. Quality Assurance and Contractual Practice, Hugh Collins
12. The Relational Constitution of Contract and the Limits of `Economics', David Campbell
Part IV. Industrial Structure, Contracts, and Competition
13. Co-operation and Trust in Inter-Firm Relations: Beyond Competition Policy?, Simon Deakin, Tom Goodwin, and Alan Hughes
14. Inter-Firm Co-operation, Competition Law, and Patent Licensing: A USEC Comparison, Alan Gutterman
15. Commercial Co-operation, International Competitiveness, and EC Competition Policy, Steve Anderman