Public sector management: by Norman Flynn and Alberto Asquer, London, Sage, 2017 (7th Edition), x + 240 pp., RRP £27.00 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-4739-2518-2.

To illustrate, several key specifics of the UK PSM reforms and practices are highlighted throughout the book. In the aforementioned section on outsourcing, we find reference to the EU rules on the contracting entities which are subject to competitive bidding - a point that remains salient during the ongoing EU-UK discussions about what are and what are not considered to be "level playing fields" in contexts for national and regional government contracting. The first-named author of this book, Norman Flynn, has been Director of Centre for Financial and Management Studies (CeFiMS), SOAS, University of London. [Extracted from the article]