Marx and Public Services

​Tony Kinder currently is a visiting Professor at Tampere University, Finland. Following a period as an engineering trade union official (1972-98), Kinder occupied leading positions in Lothian Regional and West Lothian local Councils (1982-1998).  He then worked at the University of Edinburgh Business School, Scotland, (1998-2016) as Director of Programmes and later as MBA Director.  His research is on learning in service innovation processes around which he has published over 70 papers in academic journals. His current research focuses on the governance of ecosystems, public value, mutuality, and the ethical use of advanced technology in integrated local public services in Finland and Scotland.  In 2024 he and Jari Stenvall published a book on Problem-solving and Learning for Public Services.

• Chapter 1. Introduction: Public Services and Marxism.- Chapter 2. Public Value: How to Make It and Measure It?.- Chapter 3. Public Services, Dialectics, and Nature.- Chapter 4. Social Change, Public Services and Dialectics.- Chapter 5. Transitions and Public Services.- Chapter 6. The State and Public Services: The Welfare State.- Chapter 7. Public Services and the Neoliberal State.- Chapter 8. The Family, Households and Public Services.- Chapter 9. Marx, the Third Sector and Public Services.- Chapter 10. Public-private Partnerships and Value-flows.- Chapter 11. Marx and Services for the Elderly.- Chapter 12. Marx, Public Services and Young People.- Chapter 13. Marx and Health Care Public Services.- Chapter 14. Marx and Public Services for Cities.- Chapter 15. Racism, Marx and Public Services.- Chapter 16. Gender, Marx and Public Services.- Chapter 17. Marx, Technology and Public Services.- Chapter 18. Transitioning to Socialism and Public Services.- Chapter 19. Public Services, Planning, and the New Person.- Chapter 20. Marxism and Public Services.