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Government by contract : outsourcing and American democracy / edited by Jody Freeman and Martha Minow.

Contributor(s): Publication details: London : Harward University Press, 2009.Description: viii, 528 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780674032088 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 352.530973 FRE
Contents:
1. Public-Private Governance: A Historical Introduction William J. Novak; 2. The Transformation of Government Work: Causes, Consequences, and Distortions John D. Donahue; 3. The Federal Framework for Competing Commercial Work between the Public and Private Sectors; 4. Rent-a-Regulator: Design and Innovation in Environmental Decision Making; 5. Outsourcing Power: Privatizing Military Efforts and the Risks to Accountability, Professionalism, and Democracy; 6. How Privatization Thinks: The Case of Prisons; 7. Achieving Contracting Goals and Recognizing Public Law Concerns: A Contracting Management Perspective; 8. Federal Contracting in Context: What Drives It, How to Improve It; 9. Six Simple Steps to Increase Contractor Accountability; 10. Privatization and Democracy: Resources in Administrative Law; 11. Private Delegations, Due Process, and the Duty to Supervise; 12. Outsourcing and the Duty to Govern; 13. Public Values/Private Contract;
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1. Public-Private Governance: A Historical Introduction William J. Novak;
2. The Transformation of Government Work: Causes, Consequences, and Distortions John D. Donahue;
3. The Federal Framework for Competing Commercial Work between the Public and Private Sectors;
4. Rent-a-Regulator: Design and Innovation in Environmental Decision Making;
5. Outsourcing Power: Privatizing Military Efforts and the Risks to Accountability, Professionalism, and Democracy;
6. How Privatization Thinks: The Case of Prisons;
7. Achieving Contracting Goals and Recognizing Public Law Concerns: A Contracting Management Perspective;
8. Federal Contracting in Context: What Drives It, How to Improve It;
9. Six Simple Steps to Increase Contractor Accountability;
10. Privatization and Democracy: Resources in Administrative Law;
11. Private Delegations, Due Process, and the Duty to Supervise;
12. Outsourcing and the Duty to Govern;
13. Public Values/Private Contract;