Working for the State: Employment Relations in the Public Services

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
From New Labour to a New Era?....Pages 3-20
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
Public Sector Reform and Employment Relations in Europe....Pages 23-42
The Economic and Financial Context: Paying for the Banks....Pages 43-65
Public Sector ‘Ethos’....Pages 66-83
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Rewarding Public Servants: Continuity and Change....Pages 87-107
Equality in the Public Sector: The Sky Darkens....Pages 108-125
Front Matter....Pages 127-127
Assistant Roles in a Modernised Public Service: Towards a New Professionalism?....Pages 129-146
The Third Sector’s Provision of Public Services: Implications for Mission and Employment Conditions....Pages 147-165
Leaders in Public Service Organisations....Pages 166-188
Organised Labour and State Employment....Pages 189-208
Consultants in Government: A Necessary Evil?....Pages 209-223
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
Making Sense of Public Sector Employment Relations in a Time of Crisis....Pages 227-237
Back Matter....Pages 238-253