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The Marketization of Local Services and the Fragmentation of Labour Markets

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This paper is a product of the ESRC's Local Governance research programme which considers the employment implications of the introduction of market forces into the provision of local government services in the United Kingdom. It discusses the fragmentation of labour markets as both a process and outcome of the commercialization of local service provision. In contrast to privatization scenarios, marketization suggests the blurring of the distinction between public and private employment deriving from the commercialization of municipal services and the transmission of local authority work organization and culture into the private sector. An assessment of employment change, workforce recomposition and bargaining capacity is offered which leads to the development of new models for institutional restructuring. ‘Sectoral de‐differentiation’ is a concept developed to address the evolution of new labour market patterns and a ‘public capsule’ model is offered to explain the locality and service variations in marketization outcomes.

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  • Kevin Doogan, 1997. "The Marketization of Local Services and the Fragmentation of Labour Markets," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 21(2), pages 286-302, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ijurrs:v:21:y:1997:i:2:p:286-302
    DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.00073
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    1. Donna Baines, 2004. "Caring for Nothing," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 18(2), pages 267-295, June.
    2. Greig, Malcolm Stewart & Lindsay, Colin & McQuaid, Ronald W., 2002. "Delivering job search services in rural labour markets: the role of ICT," ERSA conference papers ersa02p235, European Regional Science Association.
    3. Søren Kaj Andersen & Jesper Due & Jørgen Steen Madsen, 1997. "Multi-track approach to public-sector restructuring in Europe: impact on employment relations; role of the trade unions," Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, , vol. 3(1), pages 34-61, May.
    4. Deborah Foster & Paul Hoggett, 1999. "Change in the Benefits Agency: Empowering the Exhausted Worker?," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 13(1), pages 19-39, March.
    5. Kevin Doogan, 2001. "Insecurity and Long-Term Employment," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 15(3), pages 419-441, September.
    6. Peggy McDonough, 2006. "Habitus and the practice of public service," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 20(4), pages 629-647, December.
    7. Stelios Gialis & Eleutheria Karnavou, 2008. "Dimensions of Atypical Forms of Employment in Thessaloniki, Greece," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 32(4), pages 882-902, December.

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