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SUMMARY:Book launch - What a Waste: outsourcing and how it goes wrong
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DESCRIPTION:What a Waste? is a new book from the CRESC research centre wh
 ich analyses how government outsourcing goes wrong and makes proposals f
 or doing things differently. This launch presents the argument of the bo
 ok and sets it in context with presentations that open up the discussion
  about what’s going wrong\, why and what can be done? This book from Man
 chester University Press is the latest in the Manchester Capitalism seri
 es of reasonably priced paper backs and e-books which aim to reframe the
  big issues of economic renewal\, financial reform and political mobilis
 ation.\n\n4.30pm - 5pm Welcome tea and coffee\n\n5pm - 5.30pm How outsou
 rcing goes wrong\n\nArguments from the book\n- Adam Leaver and Karel Wil
 liams on the convenience of the state\n- Colin Haslam and Sukhdev Johal 
 on the opportunism of outsourcing companies\n\n5.30pm - 5.45pm The Servi
 ce Birmingham case\n\nActivists report\n- Councillor John Clancy\n- Davi
 d Bailey\n\n5.45pm - 5.50pm break\n\n5.50pm - 6.20pm Discussion: What is
  to be done?\n\nChaired by Aditya Chakrabortty (The Guardian)\n\n6.20pm 
 - 7pm Drinks
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CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Senate and Jessel room\, Senate House\, University of London\, M
 alet Street 
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