Evolving Practices of Involving Private Sector and Households in Service Provision

2011 ◽  
pp. 153-208
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Service Provision

How Worker Centers Organize Low-Wage Workers: An Exploration of Targets and Strategies

2021 ◽  
pp. 0160449X2198942
Author(s):  
Jessica Garrick
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Progressive Era ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Worker Centers ◽  
Center Staff ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
Worker Center

In response to the growing absence of unions from the private sector, community-based organizations known as worker centers have emerged as a new front in protecting and organizing workers. Scholars generally argue that worker centers have converged on a model of combining service provision with organizing and advocacy, supported primarily by funding from foundations and government agencies. I draw on interviews conducted with worker center staff, a dataset compiled from their public materials, and secondary research to add to the existing literature and to argue that a clear categorization of worker centers can be derived by attention to their primary workplace strategies. First, worker centers can be meaningfully distinguished by whether they attempt to raise standards in specific industries versus responding to problems in individual workplaces. But they can also be distinguished based on the extent to which they view public policy or winning agreements with employers as the primary route to systemic improvements. These divergences in strategy echo Progressive-era debates about the role for the state in redressing workplace ills. Similar to that era, strategic differences among today’s worker centers are driven less by ideology and more by the distinct structural challenges facing workers in particular political and economic contexts.

scholarly journals Staff‐Prisoner Relationships, Staff Professionalism, and the Use of Authority in Public‐ and Private‐Sector Prisons

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (02) ◽  
pp. 309-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Crewe ◽  
Alison Liebling ◽  
Susie Hulley
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Frontline Staff ◽  
The Public ◽  
Private Prison ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
Specific Impact

Prison privatization has generally been associated with developments in neoliberal punishment. However, relatively little is known about the specific impact of privatization on the daily life of prisoners, including areas that are particularly salient not just to debates about neoliberal penality, but the wider reconfiguration of public service provision and frontline work. Drawing on a study of values, practices, and quality of life in five private‐sector and two public‐sector prisons in England and Wales, this article seeks to compare and explain three key domains of prison culture and quality: relationships between frontline staff and prisoners, levels of staff professionalism (or jailcraft), and prisoners' experience of state authority. The study identifies some of the characteristic strengths and weaknesses of the public and private prison sectors, particularly in relation to staff professionalism and its impact on the prisoner experience. These findings have relevance beyond the sphere of prisons and punishment.

scholarly journals Being taken for a ride: privatisation of the Dar es Salaam transport system 1983–1998

2002 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo Rizzo
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Transport System ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Dar Es Salaam ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Labour Relations ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Conditions Of Employment ◽  
Safety Rules

This paper analyses the effects of privatisation and deregulation of the Dar es Salaam transport system. It starts with an account of the decline of the government-owned transport company and the first opening of the market to private buses in 1983. The analysis then moves to the progressive deregulation of the sector and its impact on transport supply. Competition between private operators in the oversupplied market manifests itself in non-compliance with safety rules, and inefficiencies in the fare structures. Labour relations with the private sector are then examined to illustrate the logic of the market. The results of a questionnaire answered by 668 workers suggest that the reaction of casual workers to exploitative conditions of employment characterises many aspects of the operation of the transport system. The impact of deregulation is therefore most clearly to be seen in the nature of labour relations within the sector, and it is argued that there is a need for state regulation to monitor and enforce conditions of employment within the private sector if service provision is to be improved.

scholarly journals PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (PPPs);

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Muhammad Shuja Tahir
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Profit Maximization ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Public Infrastructure ◽  
Related Services ◽  
The Public ◽  
Community Facilities

Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) is defined as “arrangements betweengovernment and private sector entities for the purpose of providing public infrastructure,community facilities and related services. The partnership must be based on a mutual agreementbetween the public and the private sectors, be in a form that the service provision purpose ofthe public sector and the profit goals of the private sector can agree, and be mutually liable forrisks. The evaluation of the institution of the PPPs along with suggestions for future action aimedat profit maximization, better utilization of the projects and maximization of social benefits aremade, taking under consideration the ever-increasing demands and special socio-economiccircumstances of our contemporary society.

Digital Government

2011 ◽  
pp. 200-217
Author(s):  
Carole Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Digital Government ◽  
Contracting Out ◽  
The Public ◽  
Business Principles

The modern focus on the application of business principles to the running of government is unique due to an escalated emphasis on divesting the public sector of as many service provision responsibilities as possible. This divestiture is being accomplished through an array of arrangements alternatively described as privatization, contracting out, outsourcing and public/private partnerships. There are three fundamental challenges to this process: (1) defining those responsibilities which cannot and should not be turned over to the private sector, (2) ensuring that such arrangements balance both the risks and rewards between the parties involved, and (3) getting the best deal for the public. This chapter focuses on the second point: achieving a reasonable balance that should, if implemented successfully, result in that elusive “best deal.”

scholarly journals Customer Loyalty Scale in Sports Centers (Clssport)

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 2185-2189
Author(s):  
Dursun Katkat
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Original Study ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
The Public ◽  
Sports Industry ◽  
Screening Model ◽  
Reliable Scale

Background: Which was developed to determine the behaviors of loyalty, its sub-dimensions and their levels in people who receive services from the sports industry, will provide guidance to managers of sports centers for service provision, while increasing the awareness of the customers to shape their demands. Aim: The aim of the study is to develop a scale to determine the customer loyalty levels of customers receiving service from sports centers serving in the public or private sector. Methods: The research was designed as an original study in the general screening model. Results: KMO= 0.784 and Barlett test χ2 = 6235,211 (p <.001) were conducted to test the suitability of the data for factor analysis. It was determined that the item factor loads of the scale ranged between 0.35 and 0.82. As a result of the exploratory factor analysis, a structure with 40 items and three factors that explained 67.12% of the total variance was obtained. It was concluded that the correlation values (.191- .311) between the sub-dimensions were appropriate, and the fit indices of the scale were significant (X2=726,66 sd=408, p=.00, X2/sd=1.78). Conclusion: In the light of the analyses made and the findings obtained, it was concluded that the CLSSC is a valid and reliable scale that can determine the level of customer loyalty among receiving service from sports centers. Keywords: sports industry, sports marketing, customer loyalty, sports center, scale

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