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Download fileChallenging complacency in construction management research: the case of PPPs
journal contribution
posted on 2023-08-30, 17:04 authored by Fred Sherratt, Simon Sherratt, Chris IvoryPublic-Private Partnerships (PPPs) are joint ventures in which the private sector works in partnership with government bodies to deliver public sector projects with the intention to deliver them more quickly, efficiently and with better value for money. They are also one of the most contentious project delivery mechanisms to have been mobilised in recent decades. Research has demonstrated the lack of realised value within many such projects, yet construction management academics continue to examine ways of increasing, implementing and optimising this approach in practice, even encouraging its adoption worldwide despite growing social and political dissatisfaction. Here, we go beyond what we see as myopic construction management perspectives, placing our body of work firmly within wider economic, political and social contexts. We challenge uncritical academic compliance with a process that demonstrably contributes to economic inequalities, opportunism and exploitation. We confront the lack of criticality in construction management research of PPPs, and call for construction management academics to broaden their research focus and engage in more robust critique and analysis of construction systems, as they are realised in practice.
History
Refereed
- Yes
Volume
38Issue number
12Page range
1086-1100Publication title
Construction Management and EconomicsISSN
1466-433XExternal DOI
Publisher
Taylor & FrancisFile version
- Accepted version
Language
- eng