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100			_aSlyke, David M. Van
245			_aThe public management challenges of contracting with nonprofits for social services
260			_c2002
300			_ap.489-517.
520			_aStates and municipalities increasingly pursue privatization as a way to deliver public goods and services because of two expected outcomes, reduced costs and quality improvements. Several reasons are frequently cited for these anticipated benefits ranging from market competition to increased management flexibility and discretion to fewer rules and regulations. One policy area in which government has privatized many services through contracting with nonprofit organizations is social services. Contracted services are as divrse as providing shelters for the homeless, vocational education and job retraining, domestic violence services, refugee resettlement, child and elder abuse services, and food banks. A proliferation of public administratin and nonprofit organizational scholarship has examined a range of issues associated with the government-nonprofit social service contracting relationship, not the least of which are topics related to management, measurement, and accountability. This article examines the public management challenges and implications of contracting with nonprofit organizations for the delivery of social services. - Reproduced.
650			_aSocial services
650			_aNonprofit organizations
773			_aInternational Journal of Public Administration
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999			_c52790 _d52790