Contracts as reinvented institutions in the public sector a cross-cultural comparison
Title:
Contracts as reinvented institutions in the public sector a cross-cultural comparison
Author:
Greve, Carsten.
ISBN:
9780313053603
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Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2005.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 148 p.)
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.
Abstract:
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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