Beyond the Contract: The Scope and Nature of Informal Government–Nonprofit Partnerships.
Privatization research lacks an understanding of the scope and nature of informal service delivery relationships between nonprofits and local government. This article reports on a study of local service delivery partnerships in Georgia using survey and interview data. In addition to assessing the fr...
| Publicado en: | Public Administration Review Vol. 68; no. 1; pp. 141 - 155 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jan/Feb2008
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