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  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Howard Glennerster is affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Their research contributions have been published predominantly in the Journal of Social Policy, where they have authored four papers.

The focus areas of Glennerster's work encompass multiple topics including:

  • Public-Private Partnership Projects
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Healthcare Innovation and Challenges

The scientist's research spans several subfields of study, specifically:

  • Strategy and Management
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Education

Among recent publications authored by Howard Glennerster are:

  • "Graeme A. Hodge and Carsten Greve (2019), The Logic of Public-Private Partnerships: The Enduring Interdependency of Politics and Markets, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, £90.00, pp. 304, hbk." (2020), published in the Journal of Social Policy
  • "Paul Spicker (2019), Thinking Collectively Social Policy, Collective Action and the Common Good, Bristol: Policy Press, £75.00, pp. 188, hbk." (2021), published in the Journal of Social Policy
  • "Paul Spicker (2022), How to Fix the Welfare State: Some Ideas for Better Social Services, Bristol: Policy Press, £27.99, pp. 168, pbk." (2023), published in the Journal of Social Policy
  • "Bent Greve (2022), Rethinking Welfare and the Welfare State, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, £63.00, pp. 160, hbk.*" (2023), published in the Journal of Social Policy

Howard Glennerster has not been frequently collaborating with other researchers, as there are no records of consistent co-authors. Their work appears concentrated within the domain of social policy analysis and public-private partnerships, as evidenced by the overlapping themes in the papers published.

Recognition of their career includes the distinction of being a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom, though the specific year of this award is not documented.

Best Publications

  • Implementing the new community care

    Jane Lewis;Howard Glennerster

  • Human Services and the Voluntary Sector: Towards a Theory of Comparative Advantage

    David Billis;Howard Glennerster

  • Quasi-Markets for Education?

    Howard Glennerster

  • Implementing GP fundholding

    Howard Glennerster;P Owens;M Matsaganis

  • Poverty, Social Exclusion and Neighbourhood: Studying the area bases of social exclusion

    Howard Glennerster;Ruth Lupton;Philip Noden;Anne Power

  • A Foothold for Fundholding: A Preliminary Report on the Introduction of GP Fundholding

    Howard Glennerster;Manos Matsaganis;Patricia Owens

  • The state of welfare

    Howard Glennerster;John Hills

  • Welfare and wellbeing : Richard Titmuss's contribution to social policy

    Pete Alcock;Howard Glennerster;Ann Oakley

  • The threat of 'cream skimming' in the post-reform NHS.

    Manos Matsaganis;Howard Glennerster

  • Implementing GP fundholding : wild card or winning hand?

    Howard Glennerster

  • What do we know about fundholding in general practice

    Jennifer Dixon;Howard Glennerster

  • British social policy since 1945

    Howard Glennerster

  • United Kingdom Education 1997-2001

    Howard Glennerster

  • United States Poverty Studies and Poverty Measurement: The Past Twenty‐Five Years

    Howard Glennerster

  • The English and Swedish health care reforms.

    Howard Glennerster;Manos Matsaganis

  • GP fundholding: wild card or winning hand?

    Howard Glennerster

  • Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion

    Howard Glennerster;John Hills;Kathleen Kiernan;Carol Propper

  • Learning Should Pay.

    Robert Bennett;Howard Glennerster;Douglas Nevison

  • CASE paper 22: Poverty, Social Exclusion and Neighbourhood: Studying the area bases of social exclusion

    Howard Glennerster;Philip Noden;Anne Power;Ruth Lupton

  • Fixing health budgets: experience from Europe and North America

    Friedrich Wilhelm Schwartz;Howard Glennerster;Richard B. Saltman;Reinhard Busse

  • One hundred years of poverty and policy

    Howard Glennerster;John Hills;David Piachaud;Jo Webb

  • The state of welfare: the economics of social spending

    Maria Evandrou;Howard Glennerster;John Hills

  • Preventing social exclusion: education's contribution

    Jo Sparkes;Howard Glennerster

  • Planning for priority groups

    Howard Glennerster;Nancy Korman;Francis Marslen-Wilson

  • Wealth in the UK: Distribution, Accumulation, and Policy

    John Hills;Francesca Bastagli;Frank Cowell;Howard Glennerster

  • Change, Choice and Conflict in Social Policy@@@Social Service Budgets and Social Policy: British and American Experience

    Unknown

  • The Shadow State: Government and Voluntary Sector in Transition. Jennifer R. Wolch

    Howard Glennerster

  • Investing in Skill: To stay on or not to stay on? (Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 8(2), 1992)

    Robert J Bennett;Howard Glennerster;Douglas Nevison

  • The Development of Quasi-markets in Welfare Provision. Now published in International Journal of Health Services 25 (2), 1995

    Howard Glennerster;Julian Le Grand

Frequent Co-Authors

John Hills
John Hills London School of Economics and Political Science
Julian Le Grand
Julian Le Grand London School of Economics and Political Science
Robert J. Bennett
Robert J. Bennett University of Cambridge
Kathleen Kiernan
Kathleen Kiernan University of York
Frank A. Cowell
Frank A. Cowell London School of Economics and Political Science
Jane Falkingham
Jane Falkingham University of Southampton
Jonathan Bradshaw
Jonathan Bradshaw University of York
Martin D.D. Evans
Martin D.D. Evans Georgetown University
Ann Oakley
Ann Oakley University College London
Reinhard Busse
Reinhard Busse Technical University of Berlin

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