Governing by Contract Challenges and Opportunities for Public Managers

Name: Governing by Contract Challenges and Opportunities for Public Managers
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ISBN: 9781568026206

ISBN-10: 156802620X

ISBN-13: 9781568026206

Edition: 2002 (Revised)

Authors: Phillip J. Cooper

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Is the public getting a good deal when the government contracts out the delivery of goods and services? Phillip Cooper attempts to get at the heart of this question by exploring what happens when public sector organizations - at the federal, state and local levels - form working relationships with other agencies, communities, non-profit organizations and private firms through contracts. Rather than focus on the ongoing debate over privatization, the book emphasizes the tools managers need to form, operate, terminate or transform these contracts amidst a complex web of intergovernmental relations. Cooper frames the issues of public contract management by showing how managers are caught in…

Book details

List price: $48.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: CQ Press
Publication date: 7/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 172
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English