International Journal of Public Sector Management: Volume 16 Issue 5

Allocating health (and social care) expenditure in Wales

Tony Beddow, David Cohen

Devolution in the UK enables its four countries to pursue locally relevant policies. Healthcare is a key devolved subject on which the competency of the devolved governments will…

Understanding occupational (sub) culture – a precursor for reform: The case of the police service in England and Wales

Harry Barton

Over the past two decades successive British governments, both Conservative and Labour, have attempted to implement reforms within the English and Welsh police service. The latest…

The diffusion of accounting practices in the new “managerial” public sector

Audrey Jackson, Irvine Lapsley

In the past two decades the public sector has experienced a transformation. A major feature of this change has been the displacement of the old style public administration by a…

Organisational knowledge creation and the commercialisation of State mail service

M. Mir, A.S. Rahaman

Over the last decade, the public sector of many economies has undergone various reform initiatives. A central element of these reforms is the introduction of “market‐oriented…