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a cross-cultural comparison

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a cross-cultural comparison

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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.

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Praeger, ABC-CLIO, LLC
Language
English
Pages
148

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Contracts as reinvented institutions in the public sector: a cross-cultural comparison
2005, Praeger, ABC-CLIO, LLC
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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-146) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Published in
Westport, Conn

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
352.5/3
Library of Congress
HD3860 .G74 2005eb, HD3860.G74 2005

The Physical Object

Format
[electronic resource] :
Pagination
1 online resource (x, 148 p.)
Number of pages
148

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27027180M
Internet Archive
contractsasreinv00grev
ISBN 10
031305360X
ISBN 13
9780313053603
OCLC/WorldCat
62338891

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