Title
The Responsible Contract Manager: Protecting the Public Interest in an Outsourced World
Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
1-2010
Publication Title
Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions
Publisher
Wiley
Volume
23
Issue
1
First page number:
195
Last page number:
198
Abstract
The subtitle of Steven Cohen and William Eimicke’s book indicates the significance of their work. The public interest needs protecting, and contract managers, perhaps more than any other group of bureaucrats, bear what the authors see as a unique burden of public administration, that is, reconciling the values of democratic representation and accountability with the reality of outsourced government.
Keywords
Common good; Contracting out; Public administration; Public contracts; Public interest
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics | Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation | Policy History, Theory, and Methods | Public Affairs
Language
English
Repository Citation
Joaquin, M. E.
(2010).
The Responsible Contract Manager: Protecting the Public Interest in an Outsourced World.
Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions, 23(1),
195-198.
Wiley.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/sea_fac_articles/393
Comments
Review of: The Responsible Contract Manager: Protecting the Public Interest in an Outsourced World. Steven Cohen and William Eimicke. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2008. 240 pp.