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100 1 _aWILSON, Deborah
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245 1 0 _aExit, voice and quality in the English education sector
260 _aOxford :
_bWiley-Blackwell,
_cDecember 2009
520 3 _aThe use of choice as a mechanism to improve public service delivery is now well established in the UK. Current policy discourse additionally considers voice as a further, complementary, user-driven mechanism. In this article I scrutinize the assumption that choice (exit) and voice complement each other in creating user-driven incentives to increase quality for all consumers in the context of education. I do this by going back to Hirschman's thesis on 'Exit, Voice and Loyalty', focusing in particular on the definitions of quality put forward by him. I apply his analysis to the English education sector and show that, while the current policy discourse evokes the language of Hirschman, it doesn't follow through on the actual implications of his analysis. In particular, I argue that in the current system, choice and voice may complement each other for only a subset of consumers.
773 0 8 _tSocial Policy & Administration
_g43, 6, p. 571-584
_dOxford : Wiley-Blackwell, December 2009
_xISSN 01445596
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