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100			_aFernandez, Sergio
245			_aExploring variations in contracting for services among American local governments: do politics still matter?
260			_c2008
300			_ap.439-62.
362			_aDec
520			_aDuring the previous two decades, researchers have conducted an array of empirical studies of local government contracting for services. Some of the more recent findings have suggested that this form of privatization has become less politically controversial and more accepted as a service delivery approach. Do politics still matter when it comes to explaining patterns in local government contracting? The findings from this study indicate that the influence of political factors, such as demand for smaller government and public employee opposition to privatization, still help to account for variations in local government contracting, as they did during the 1980s and early 1990s. Contract management capacity is an important determinant of local government contracting. - Reproduced.
650			_aLocal government - United States
650			_aLocal government
700			_aBrudney, Jeffrey L.
700			_aRyu, Jay Eungha
773			_aAmerican Review of Public Administration
908			_aN
909			_a81230
999			_c81230 _d81230