Facing Up to Thatcherism

"Employees in health, local government, and education faced cuts in funding, compulsory competitive tendering, internal markets, and new management practices associated with HRM and TQM. Others in the gas, water, electricity, and transport industries faced wholesale privatization." "This unique account of the period written from the evidence and perspective of those involved will be an important resource for researchers, teachers, and practitioners in politics, industrial relations, public administration, and management concerned with the events and lessons of the 1980s."--BOOK JACKET.