The welfare marketplace : privatization and welfare reform /

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Author / Creator:Sanger, Mary Bryna.
Imprint:Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2003.
Description:xii, 159 p. : 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4888135
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ISBN:0815777051 (paper : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Public Services and Blurring Sectoral Boundaries: An Introduction
  • 2. Contracting and Competition: The Changing Shape of Government
  • 3. Reforming Welfare Services through Contracting: Motivations and Expectations
  • 4. Nonprofits: Meeting New Challenges
  • 5. For-Profits: The Increasing Dominance of National Firms
  • 6. When the Private Sector Competes: Challenges and Risks
  • Appendix A. County Contracts
  • Appendix B. Individual Vendor Contracts
  • Notes
  • Further Reading
  • Index