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Contracts as reinvented institutions in the public sector : a cross-cultural comparison / Carsten Greve and Niels Ejersbo.

Author/creator Greve, Carsten
Other author/creatorEjersbo, Niels.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoWestport, Conn. : Praeger, 2005.
Descriptionx, 148 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [141]-146) and index.
LCCN 2004011895
ISBN1567205283 (alk. paper)

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