From Next Steps to Market Testing

This paper considers the British Next Steps agency and market testing programmes. It argues that despite aggressive marketing by those involved the approaches have been improvised with no defensible and coherent philosophy. The policies are presented as complementary but they conflict in practice. The need for change is not documented

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• Having the Bun and the Halfpenny

  Open Access•John Greenaway•Public Administration•1995

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• Continuity, Change and Crisis

  Open Access•Kevin Theakston•Public Policy and Administration•1995

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• The 'Next Steps' and Control of the Civil Service

  Open Access•Barry J O''Toole, Barry J O’toole et al.•Public Policy and Administration•1989

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