Privatization and Performance-Based Contracting in Child Welfare: Recent Trends and Implications for Social Service Administrators

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 494-516

  Collins Camargo, Crystal ^a   McBeath, Bowen ^b   Ensign, Karl ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Planning and Learning Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

administration; performance based contracting; privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857298359     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: 15444376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03643107.2011.614531     Document Type: Article

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