Broadly, a Public-Private Partnership (or PPP) is any collaboration between the public and private sector, but research in the UK has tended to focus on those that have been used for major infrastructure projects, such as roads, schools, and hospitals. This book compares and contrasts PPP research in the UK with that of cases in the USA, including interviews with some of the key stakeholders (decision makers in the public sector, contractors, and users) of PPPs in North America, and observations of PPPs in action (such as schools and roads).
No prior major studies have...
Broadly, a Public-Private Partnership (or PPP) is any collaboration between the public and private sector, but research in the UK has tended to foc...
This volume discusses how Slavoj i ek thinks and writes, and explains his key influences, which include a Marxist commitment to liberation within a capitalist society, Lacanian psychoanalytical thinking about how we are structured in and through practice, and Hegelian discursive practices to engage different understandings and perspectives. i ek demands we take a long, hard look at the painful reality of education in contemporary capitalist society, and to actively seek out its trouble in paradise: Why is it education is supposedly failing to meet the demands of our society? Why is it there...
This volume discusses how Slavoj i ek thinks and writes, and explains his key influences, which include a Marxist commitment to liberation within a ca...
