The new public contracting : regulation, responsiveness, relationality / Peter Vincent-Jones.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Public contracts -- Great Britain.

Administrative law -- Great Britain.

Public administration -- Great Britain.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Government by contract and the new public contracting

Policy context

Regulation and governance

Responsiveness

The new public contracting in regulatory perspective

Administrative contracts

Economic contracts

Citizens, consumers, and public services

Social control contracts

Legal debates and reform strategies

Law and contractual governance

Conclusions and policy implications.

This book charts the increasing deployment of contract as a regulatory mechanism by governments in Britain over the last 25 years.

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780199291274

xxx, 406 p. ; 24 cm