This article examines the content and outcomes of the "competition" element of the British Government's best value (BV) regime. It focuses on the claim that BV policy grants British local authorities the freedom, previously absent from the former policy of compulsory competitive tendering (CCT), to provide local services without recourse to compulsory competition. Utilising results of a survey of BV lead officers, the article reveals that, while the use of "competition " is far from ubiquitous, in terms of outcomes the services subject to BV seem to be at least as likely to be provided externally as would have been the case under CCT. Further analysis of the response of the BV inspection service to these outcomes and on different types of s...
The introduction of competition has frequently been found to cause costs to fall. There has, however...
This paper investigates the main determinants affecting the privatisation of local government servic...
The Best Value pilot programme established in England by the Department of the Environment, Transpor...
This article examines the content and outcomes of the "competition" element of the British Governmen...
Competition for the provision of local government services has become a major feature of the functio...
This article investigates the role of 'competition' within Best Value (BV) and compares it with that...
This thesis is concerned with the transition from compulsory competitive tendering (CCT) to best val...
The enhancement of public service performance has been a central concern of successive Labour govern...
The process of compulsory competitive tendering (CCT) for the provision of local-government services...
The process of compulsory competitive tendering (CCT) for the provision of local-government services...
Professor Christopher Bovis (University of Central Lancashire) assesses the concept of best value in...
The Best Value (BV) regime in UK local government became mandatory on 1 April 2000. This paper maps ...
Although much has been written about the effect on services of public sector restructuring, little i...
This paper examines the impacts of the 'Best Value' regime on the management of local public service...
The policy of Best Value (BV) has been at the centre of the modernization of English and Welsh local...
The introduction of competition has frequently been found to cause costs to fall. There has, however...
This paper investigates the main determinants affecting the privatisation of local government servic...
The Best Value pilot programme established in England by the Department of the Environment, Transpor...
This article examines the content and outcomes of the "competition" element of the British Governmen...
Competition for the provision of local government services has become a major feature of the functio...
This article investigates the role of 'competition' within Best Value (BV) and compares it with that...
This thesis is concerned with the transition from compulsory competitive tendering (CCT) to best val...
The enhancement of public service performance has been a central concern of successive Labour govern...
The process of compulsory competitive tendering (CCT) for the provision of local-government services...
The process of compulsory competitive tendering (CCT) for the provision of local-government services...
Professor Christopher Bovis (University of Central Lancashire) assesses the concept of best value in...
The Best Value (BV) regime in UK local government became mandatory on 1 April 2000. This paper maps ...
Although much has been written about the effect on services of public sector restructuring, little i...
This paper examines the impacts of the 'Best Value' regime on the management of local public service...
The policy of Best Value (BV) has been at the centre of the modernization of English and Welsh local...
The introduction of competition has frequently been found to cause costs to fall. There has, however...
This paper investigates the main determinants affecting the privatisation of local government servic...
The Best Value pilot programme established in England by the Department of the Environment, Transpor...