Introduction: government by contract: outsourcing and American democracy / Jody Freeman and Martha Minow
Recent developments
Public-private governance: an historical introduction / William J. Novak
The transformation of government work: causes, consequences and distortions / John Donahue
The federal framework for competing commercial work between the public and private sectors / Matthew Blum
Cases and critiques
Rent-a-regulator: design and innovation in environmental decisionmaking / Miriam Seifter
Outsourcing power: privatizing military efforts and the risks to accountability, professionalism, and democracy / Martha Minow
How privatization thinks: the case of prisons / Sharon Dolovich
Responses and reforms
A. Don't increase regulation
Achieving contracting goals and recognizing public law concerns: a contracting management perspective / Steven J. Kelman
Federal contracting in context: what drives it, how to improve it / Stan Soloway and Alan Chvotkin
B. Use existing tools
Some legal reforms to increase contractor accountability / Nina A. Mendelson
Privatization and democracy: resources in administrative law / Alfred C. Aman, Jr
Press constitutional restrictions
Private delegations, due process, and the duty to supervise / Gillian E. Metzger
Outsourcing and the duty to govern / Paul R. Verkuil
Public values/private contract / Laura A. Dickinson.
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Government by contract : outsourcing and American democracy. ISBN 9780674032088. Published by Harvard University Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
