The politics of competitive tendering: Political orientation and attitudes towards contracting out among Finnish local politicians

Local Government Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 637-654

  Fredriksson, Sami ^a   Olli, Hyvärinen ^a   Mattila, Mikko ^a   Wass, Hanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Competitive tendering; Local politics; Political orientation; Public sector reform

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SERVICES; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; OUTSOURCING; PERCEPTION; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; PUBLIC SECTOR; PUBLIC SERVICE; REFORM PROCESS; SERVICE PROVISION;

FINLAND;

EID: 77956514347     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2010.506977     Document Type: Article

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