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Contractualism In the Public Sector
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In this article, the authors suggest a pure model of contractualism for the delivery of services in the public sector and state the limits of such a model and its employment in the private sector.Abstract:
Contractualism in the public sector is more than just another fad. Its use will continue into the next century, meaning that we need to model what a pure model of contractualism entails for the delivery of services in the public sector. The article suggests such a model and states the limits of its employment.read more
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Privatization: An Economic Analysis
John Vickers,George Yarrow +1 more
TL;DR: The process of selling assests and enterprises to the private sector raises questions about natural monopolies, the efficiency and equity of state-owned versus privately owned enterprises, and industrial policy as mentioned in this paper.
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Privatization: An Economic Analysis
John Vickers,George Yarrow +1 more
TL;DR: The process of selling assests and enterprises to the private sector raises questions about natural monopolies, the efficiency and equity of state-owned versus privately owned enterprises, and industrial policy.
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The Moral Dimension A Conceptualization and Empirical Demonstration of the Moral Nature of Psychotherapeutic Conversations
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An introduction to the law of contract
TL;DR: An Introduction to the Law of Contract as discussed by the authors has been widely recognized as one of the most interesting and innovative books to have been published in the last 25 years, and remains as popular today with students and their teachers as it was when it was first published.