Exploring variations in contracting for services among American local governments: Do politics still matter?

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 439-462

  Fernandez, Sergio ^a   Ryu, Jay Eungha ^b   Brudney, Jeffrey L ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contracting out; Local government; Privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249137791     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074007311386     Document Type: Article

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