Rethinking the policy of contracting out social services to non-governmental organizations: Lessons and dilemmas

Public Management Review

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 307-323

  Schmid, Hillel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Contracting out; Non governmental organizations; Organizational and structural dilemmas; Social services

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444232312     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1471903032000146928     Document Type: Article

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