The Consulting Trap

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The Consulting Trap

How Professional Service Firms Hook Governments & Undermine Democracy

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The Consulting Trap does a deep dive into how governments have become hooked on private consultancy firms with dire consequences for democratic decision-making, public accountability and accessible public services. Drawing on case studies from Canada and around the world, Hurl and Werner investigate how big consultancies leverage social networks, institutionalize relationships, mine and commodify data, and establish policy pipelines that facilitate the quick diffusion of ideas across jurisdictions. Drawing from real world examples, The Consulting Trap offers strategies for how these powerful firms can be resisted using people’s audits, public consultations, access to information requests, and social network analyses.

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In the Preface, the authors introduce a case study about Deloitte, a transnational professional services firm. The firm’s plan to introduce a social contact-tracing software during the …
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In Chapter One, the authors define TPSFs (transnational professional service firms), including where they are located, what services they provide, how they have been able to influence …
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Chapter Two describes the history of TPSFs (transnational professional service firms), from the late nineteeth century to the 1990s and early 2000s.The authors divide the history into four major …
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Chapter Three explores how TPSFs have contributed to the hardwiring of neoliberal operating systems into the state. The authors examine how the Big Four firms have played a central role in …
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In Chapter Four, the authors identify four strategies that TPSFs (transnational professional service firms) have used to gain influence and entrench themselves in public policymaking and service …
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In Chapter Five, the authors consider how the power of TPSFS can be contested, discussing some of the strategies that have been taken up to resist the incursion of these firms into public …
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In Chapter Six, the authors explain how to escape the consulting trap, and provide insight into potential solutions to the problem. This chapter ends with suggested next steps in pushing back …
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