Public values lost?: Comparing cases on contracting out from Denmark and the United States

Public Management Review

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-81

  Jørgensen, Torben Beck ^a   Bozeman, Barry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative public administration; Contracting out; Privatization; Public management; Public value

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006560481     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616670110101681     Document Type: Article

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