CHRISTOPHER POLLITT is Professor of Government and Co-Director of the Centre for the Evaluation of Public Policy and Practice, Brunel University.JOHNSTON BIRCHALL is Lecturer in Government, Brunel University. He has published extensively on housing policy and the Co-operative movement.KEITH PUTMAN is a Research Assistant and school teacher.

• IntroductionTheories and ConceptsReform DoctrinesRoads to Freedom?Decentralised Management of NHS TrustsDecentralised Management of Secondary SchoolsDecentralised Management of Socially Rented HousingFreedom, Performance and AccountabilityResearch Design and Methodology.

CHRISTOPHER POLLITT is Professor of Government and Co-Director of the Centre for the Evaluation of Public Policy and Practice, Brunel University.JOHNSTON BIRCHALL is Lecturer in Government, Brunel University. He has published extensively on housing policy and the Co-operative movement.KEITH PUTMAN is a Research Assistant and school teacher.

• IntroductionTheories and ConceptsReform DoctrinesRoads to Freedom?Decentralised Management of NHS TrustsDecentralised Management of Secondary SchoolsDecentralised Management of Socially Rented HousingFreedom, Performance and AccountabilityResearch Design and Methodology.

CHRISTOPHER POLLITT is Professor of Government and Co-Director of the Centre for the Evaluation of Public Policy and Practice, Brunel University.JOHNSTON BIRCHALL is Lecturer in Government, Brunel University. He has published extensively on housing policy and the Co-operative movement.KEITH PUTMAN is a Research Assistant and school teacher.

• IntroductionTheories and ConceptsReform DoctrinesRoads to Freedom?Decentralised Management of NHS TrustsDecentralised Management of Secondary SchoolsDecentralised Management of Socially Rented HousingFreedom, Performance and AccountabilityResearch Design and Methodology.