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881541
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Sclar, Elliott.
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| Title & Author
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You don't always get what you pay for : : the economics of privatization /\ Elliott D. Sclar.
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| Publication Statement
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Ithaca :: Cornell University Press,, 2000.
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| Series Statement
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A Century Foundation book
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xiii, 184 pages ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0801437334
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: 0801487625
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: 9780801437335
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: 9780801487620
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-176) and index.
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| Contents
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The urge to privatize: from the bureaucratic state to the contract state -- What is the public buying? Identifying the contracted public good -- Public vs. private production: is one better and how would you know? -- What's competition got to do with it? Market structures and public contracting -- All in the system: organizational theories and public contracting -- Restructuring work: the relational contract -- The privatization of public service: economic limits of the contract state.
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| Abstract
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"In You Don't Always Get What You Pay For, Elliott D. Sclar offers a look at the pitfalls and promises of public sector privatization in the United States. By describing the underlying economic dynamics of how public agencies and private organizations actually work together, he provides an analysis of the assumptions behind the case for privatization."--Jacket.
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Privatization-- United States, Case studies.
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Privatization-- United States.
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Privatisation-- États-Unis, Cas, Études de.
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Privatisation-- États-Unis.
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Privatisierung
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Privatization.
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Privatisierung.
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Collectieve goederen.
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Consumentenkoop.
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Privatisering.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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338.973/05
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| LC Classification
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HD3888.S35 2000
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83.32bcl
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QR 420rvk
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