MARKETS, BUREAUCRACY AND PUBLIC MANAGEMENT - THE WORST OF BOTH WORLDS? PUBLIC SERVICES WITHOUT MARKETS OR BUREAUCRACY - In recent years there has been growing support for the idea of developing collaborative network relationships between purchasers and providers in UK public services. Ian Kirkpatrick argues that recent discussions have largely under-stated the problems associated with relational contracting and networks. The article also questions why the option of a return to hierarchy has so far been dismissed and argues for a reversal of this tendency

In: Public money & management: integrating theory and practice in public management, Volume 19, Issue 4, p. 7-14