Government by contract
Subtitle: outsourcing and American democracy
By: edited by Jody Freeman and Martha Minow.
Contributors: Freeman, Jody.; Minow, Martha, 1954-
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9780674032088
Subjects: Contracting out -- United States; Privatization -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: government by contract: outsourcing and American democracy / Jody Freeman and Martha Minow; title: Recent developments; title: Public-private governance: an historical introduction / William J. Novak; title: The transformation of government work: causes, consequences and distortions / John Donahue; title: The federal framework for competing commercial work between the public and private sectors / Matthew Blum; title: Cases and critiques; title: Rent-a-regulator: design and innovation in environmental decisionmaking / Miriam Seifter; title: Outsourcing power: privatizing military efforts and the risks to accountability, professionalism, and democracy / Martha Minow; title: How privatization thinks: the case of prisons / Sharon Dolovich; title: Responses and reforms; title: A. Don't increase regulation; title: Achieving contracting goals and recognizing public law concerns: a contracting management perspective / Steven J. Kelman; title: Federal contracting in context: what drives it, how to improve it / Stan Soloway and Alan Chvotkin; title: B. Use existing tools; title: Some legal reforms to increase contractor accountability / Nina A. Mendelson; title: Privatization and democracy: resources in administrative law / Alfred C. Aman, Jr; title: Press constitutional restrictions; title: Private delegations, due process, and the duty to supervise / Gillian E. Metzger; title: Outsourcing and the duty to govern / Paul R. Verkuil; title: Public values/private contract / Laura A. Dickinson.