The Marketization of Local Services and the Fragmentation of Labour Markets

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ID5043364
AuthorsKevin Doogan, Kevin J Doogan (University of Bristol, corresponding author)
Year1997
Volume21
Issue2
Pages286-302
Publication date1997-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0309-1317 • E-ISSN: 1468-2427
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1468-2427.00073
OpenAlexW1971046809
LanguageEN
Citations received16

This paper is a product of the ESRC's Local Governance research programme which considers the employment implications of the introduction of market forces into the provision of local government services in the United Kingdom. It discusses the fragmentation of labour markets as both a process and outcome of the commercialization of local service provision. In contrast to privatization scenarios, marketization suggests the blurring of the distinction between public and private employment deriving from the commercialization of municipal services and the transmission of local authority work organization and culture into the private sector. An assessment of employment change, workforce recomposition and bargaining capacity is offered which leads to the development of new models for institutional restructuring. 'Sectoral de-differentiation' is a concept developed to address the evolution of new labour market patterns and a 'public capsule' model is offered to explain the locality and service variations in marketization outcomes

Business · China · Commercialization · Corporate governance · Corporatization · Economic growth · Economic system · Economics · Labour economics · Local government · Market economy · Marketization · Political science · Private sector · Restructuring · Workforce · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Labor Movements and Unions · Public Administration · Finance · Marketing

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