Title Public services inspection in the UK / edited by Howard Davis and Steve Martin.

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London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008.

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Description	1 online resource (160 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Research highlights in social work ; 50
	Research highlights in social work ; 50.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents	The rise of public services inspection / Steve Martin and Howard Davis -- Inspection of local government services / James Downe -- Inspection of adult and children's social care / Chris Johns and David Lock -- Inspection of education and skills : from improvement to accountability / Jane Martin -- Regulation and inspection of health services / Keiran Walshe -- Inspection and the Criminal Justice Agencies / John W. Raine -- Holistic public services inspection / Steve Bundred and Clive Grace -- Performing paradoxes : the politics of evaluation in public services / John Clarke -- The future of public services inspection / Howard Davis and Steve Martin.
Summary	Public Services Inspection in the UK provides a detailed account of the changing role of inspection in public services management. It outlines the continuing debates about providing inspection that encourages not only accountability but also effective service provision and best practice. Contributors describe current inspection methods across the key public sectors of education, social care, local government services and healthcare, and provide insights into the underlying issues and tensions of public services inspection. They compare approaches adopted in different parts of the UK and presen.
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Subject	Municipal services -- Great Britain -- Evaluation.
	Municipal services.
	Great Britain.
	Evaluation.
	County services -- Great Britain -- Evaluation.
	County services.
	Inspection -- Great Britain.
	Local government -- Great Britain.
	Local government.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Davis, Howard, 1953-
	Martin, Steve, 1960-
Other Form:	Print version: Public services inspection in the UK. London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008 9781843105275 1843105276 (DLC) 2008006547 (OCoLC)193906196
ISBN	9781435686045 (electronic book)
	1435686047 (electronic book)
	9781846428302 (electronic book)
	1846428300 (electronic book)
	9781843105275
	1843105276

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