This book traces the emergence and development of the relationship between management consultancies and the British state. It seeks to answer three questions: w

The Consulting Trap does a deep dive into how governments have become hooked on private consultancy firms with dire consequences for democratic decision-making,

Sheds new light on the use of external public policy consultants from an interdisciplinary and international comparative approach.

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Management consultants of various kinds play an important role in the world of business, and within other types of organization. The Oxford Handbook on Manageme