附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-233) and index.
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Introduction: the challenge of 2000; Where we stand; Basic approaches in the twentieth century; Practical relevance of public sector management; From where we come; The bureau: too much X-inefficiency; The public enterprise: not socially useful; Redistribution: the efficiency-equity trade-off; Welfare states or welfare societies?; Where we are heading; From long-term to short-term contracting; Contractualism in the public sector: the basic approach; Variety of roles of government in contracting regimes
Public policy, contracting and the CEOsThe contracting state: no risk for organisational failures?; Conclusion: the relevance and limit of contractualism in public governance; References; Index
