On 19 January 2005, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) published the results of the first call for proposals under the Public Services: Quality, Performance and Delivery programme. The aim of this initiative is to provide a concentrated programme of theoretical and empirical research into quality and performance in public service provision, and thereby contribute to scholarly knowledge, public debate and policy development. The Programme will focus on three sets of related analytic themes:
The full Programme specification can be viewed on the ESRC website.
Further information on the Programme can be found at the Programme Website at http://public-services.politics.ox.ac.uk