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7 Outsourcing Resources
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Six Normative Principles for the Contracting-Out Debate
aas.sagepub.com— — “Six principles are developed for [study] in the debate as to when and how government should directly administer its activities versus contract them out…The principles are inspired by the purposes of government stated in the Preamble to the Constitution and Friedrich’s concept of public admin…”
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Agents or Stewards: Using Theory to Understand the Government-Nonprofit Social Service Contracting Relationship
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“Using agency and stewardship theories, this study examines how public administrators manage contracting relationships with nonprofit organizations… The use of trust, reputation, and monitoring as well as other factors influence the manner in which contract relationships are managed…”
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Contracting for management: Assessing management capacity under alternative service delivery arrangements
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“Contracting critics suggest that when governments outsource, they reduce their capacity to produce services and manage service delivery. In this paper, we decompose the service delivery decision into service production and service management components.”
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Managing Public Service Contracts: Aligning Values, Institutions, and Markets
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“The contracting of public services has been an integral part of public managers’ work for a long time, and it is here to stay. This essay sums up current research on the…”
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Accountability in Accounting? The Politics of Private Rule-Making in the Public Interest
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“Over recent decades governments have increasingly delegated domestic and international regulatory functions to private-sector agents. This article examines the reasons for such delegation and how private agents differ from public ones, and then analyzes the politics of regulation post delegation.”
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What Do They Know, and Whom Do They Hold Accountable? Citizens in the Government–Nonprofit Contracting Relationship
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This article “consider[s] the effects of the changing institutional arrangements governing the delivery of publicly funded social services on citizens’ satisfaction and ability to hold service providers accountable. Do citizens accurately identify service providers as nonprofit or governmental…”
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Managing contract performance: A transaction costs approach
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“Through analyses of data from a 1997 International City/County Management Association survey of municipal and county governments, the way in which municipal and county governments respond to transaction cost factors inherent in contract service delivery is examined.”