The consulting trap : how professional service firms hook governments & undermine democracy /
The Consulting Trap will change how you think about democracy, public accountability and private power. In this original, deeply researched and accessible work of public sociology, Hurl and Werner take readers through the twists and turns of a woefully under-examined public secret, that governments...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Halifax, Nova Scotia :
Fernwood Publishing,
[2024].
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| Summary: | The Consulting Trap will change how you think about democracy, public accountability and private power. In this original, deeply researched and accessible work of public sociology, Hurl and Werner take readers through the twists and turns of a woefully under-examined public secret, that governments around the world have become enmeshed with powerhouse consultancies like McKinsey, Accenture, KPMG and Deloitte. As these huge private concerns take ever more responsibility for the administration of core public services, they are tasked with orchestrating tax avoidance for the wealthy and engineering austerity for the rest. Drawing on real world examples, The Consulting Trap reveals how these firms leverage social networks, mine data and establish policy pipelines that facilitate the quick diffusion of ideas across jurisdictions. Crucially, this book doesn't stop at critique but offers readers strategies for how these firms can be resisted using people's audits, access to information requests, social network analyses and more. |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 192 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781773636672 1773636677 |