Beyond the search for competition in social service contracting: Procurement, consolidation, and accountability

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 164-188

  Lamothe, Meeyoung ^a   Lamothe, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Competition; Contracting; Social services

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849130678     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074008316557     Document Type: Article

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