TY  - BOOK
AU  - FitzGerald,Clare J.
AU  - Macdonald,James Ruairi
TI  - Public contracting for social outcomes
T2  - Cambridge elements. Elements in public policy,
SN  - 9781108953887 (ebook)
AV  - HD3860 .F58 2024
U1  - 352.5/38 23/eng/20240730
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Public contracts
KW  - Public welfare
KW  - Contracting out
KW  - Public-private sector cooperation
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Dec 2024); Introduction -- The evolution of public contracting -- Public procurement -- Outcomes-based contracting -- Conclusion; Open Access
N2  - Governments all over the world have transitioned away from directly providing public services to contracting and collaborating with cross-sectoral networks to deliver services on their behalf. Governments have thus pursued an array of policy instruments to improve interorganizational progress towards policy goals. In recent years, outcomes-based contracting has emerged as a compelling solution to service quality shortcomings and collective action challenges. Informed by public policy, public administration, and public procurement scholarship, this Element details the evolution of social outcomes in public contracting, exploring the relationship between how outcomes are specified and managed and how well such instruments deliver against policy goals. It comments on the possible drawbacks of contracting for social outcomes, highlighting how governments may use outcomes as an excuse to avoid actively managing contracts or to sidestep their accountability  as outlined in public law. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108953887
ER  -