Compelling and robust, this book provides an analysis of challenges in public service outsourcing and considers how to avoid failure in the future.

Crucially, it proposes a governance mechanism where outsourcing public services nurtures less extractive and more sustainable corporate organizations that are oriented towards a productive purpose beyond maximising shareholder value, with implications well beyond public services. Under these proposals, supporting firms that are independently and inclusively governed and use profit to pursue purpose can improve both public services and wider economic organisation.

The book examines how barriers to implementing this idea within the existing legal framework for public procurement may be addressed, and it formulates actionable policy proposals.

About the Author
Nina Boeger is Professor of Law at City, University of London.

Reviews

"Despite its huge importance, public procurement may seem a technical subject, but Nina Boeger successfully brings it to life through her excellent analysis from the viewpoint of sustainable corporate governance." Tony Prosser, University of Bristol Law School

"This book pushes the debate in an important direction. Its proposals to strengthen outsourcing governance by aligning public and private mechanisms should be taken seriously." Albert Sanchez-Graells, University of Bristol Law School

"Tackles the challenges and moral hazards of outsourcing public services through a refreshingly unique perspective." Andrew Dean, Clifford Chance

"This is a wide ranging, thorough and considered analysis of public procurement. It is clearly written and will appeal to both general and specialist readers. In its treatment of alternative approaches to public procurement, the text offers intriguing possibilities for sustainable and equitable delivery of public services." Anita Mangan, University of Bristol

Book Information
ISBN 9781529212846
Author Nina Boeger
Format Hardback
Page Count 200
Imprint Bristol University Press
Publisher Bristol University Press