Contracts as reinvented institutions in the public sector :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
a cross-cultural comparison /
First Statement of Responsibility
Carsten Greve and Niels Ejersbo.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Westport, Conn. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Praeger,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2005.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (x, 148 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-146) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction: Contracting on the policy agenda -- Theories of contracts -- Contractual governance -- Policy change and learning in contracting out -- Contractual governance in the United States and Scandinavia -- Case studies of contractual governance : Dane County, Wisconsin, and Odense, Denmark -- Performance-based contracting in local government -- When contractual governance fails -- Conclusion: contractual governance in a cross-cultural perspective.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Contracting has become one of the tools that governments use to make their services more efficient and effective. This work studies the positives and negatives involved with the multiple elements of contracting. It covers topics such as: contracting on the public agenda; limits of the "New Contractualism"; the elements of contracts; and more.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Contracts as reinvented institutions in the public sector.
International Standard Book Number
1567205283
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Contracting out, Cross-cultural studies.
Contracting out.
Public contracts, Cross-cultural studies.
Public contracts.
Contracting out.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Affairs & Administration.