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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455560803321

Autore

Sanger Mary Bryna

Titolo

The welfare marketplace [[electronic resource] ] : privatization and welfare reform / / Bryna Sanger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2003

ISBN

0-8157-7706-X

Descrizione fisica

xii, 159 p. : ill

Disciplina

361.6/8/0973

Soggetti

Public welfare - Contracting out - United States

Welfare recipients - Employment - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Public services and blurring sectoral boundaries: an introduction -- Contracting and competition: the changing shape of government -- Reforming welfare services through contracting: motivations and expectations -- Nonprofits: meeting new challenges -- For-profits: the increasing dominance of national firms -- When the private sector competes: challenges and risks.