Boards of directors play an increasingly fundamental role in British NHS trusts as well as
other parts of the public sector. This study shows that their effectiveness is compromised by …

Following its election in 1997, the UK Labour Government embarked upon a 10 year
program of reform of the National Health Service (NHS). By 2005, Labour had doubled the …

Nas últimas décadas, assistimos importantes transformações nos serviços públicos que
implicam mudanças no papel do Estado como agente central no processo de regulação das …

Regulators, providers and commissioners in healthcare worldwide are facing severe funding
constraints that are putting increased pressures on the quality of healthcare delivery. Within …

Embedding the program of elderly care into community-based service system seems to
imply that China is reorganising capacities of neighbourhood governance. The program …

Public sector reforms in numerous countries have been inspired by ideas of New Public
Management. Politicians are advised to keep an arm's length distance, giving administrators …

In recent years it has been noted that boundaries between public and private providers of
many types of welfare have become blurred. This paper uses three dimensions of …

This paper analyses the impact of the policies introduced after 1997 in the English National
Health Service aimed at increasing stakeholder participation in the decision making …

Abstract Background and Aims The configuration of alcohol and other drug treatment service
systems has been influenced by the uptake of market mechanisms for treatment funding and …

This paper draws on some contemporary debates about citizenship and participation in
relation to young people, and illustrates the contested nature of both concepts. It is argued …