Carsten Greve, Niels Ejersbo

Contracts as Reinvented Institutions in the Public Sector (eBook, PDF)

A Cross-Cultural Comparison

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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. Contract culture is broken down into its many parts: rules and regulations, norms and values, local governments and the private sector. This allows the authors to examine the topic through a unique cross-cultural lens and provide a fresh take on this expanding topic. Sources such as survey data, in-depth case studies, and analysis of advocacy coalitions are used to shed new light on contract governance. Topics include: *Contracting on the Public Agenda. *Limits of the New Contractualism. *The hard and soft elements of contracts. *Local Governments. *Contracting as part of the New Public Management.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313053603
• Artikelnr.: 72334709

Autorenporträt

Carsten Greve, PhD is associate professor at the Copenhagen Business School. He has published his work in journals such as Public Management Review and Governance and Public Administration.

Niels Ejersbo, Ph.D. is associate professor of public management and Department Chair at the University of Southern Denmark. He has published articles in the U.S. and internationally.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables and Figures
Introduction: Contracting on the Policy Agenda
Theories of Contracts
Contractual Governance
Policy Chnage and Learning in Contracting Out
Contractual Governance in USA and Scandinavia
Comparing Dane County, WI and Odense, Denmark--Two Case Studies
Performance-based Contracting in Local Government--Results from a Survey
When Contractual Governance Fails--Learning from a Former Innovator
Conclusion: Contractual Governance in a Cross-Cultural Perspective
Bibliography
About the Authors