Beyond the Contract State: Ideas for Social and Economic Renewal in South Australia
- ISBN-10
- 1862544654
- ISBN-13
- 9781862544659
- Category
- South Australia
- Pages
- 358
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Wakefield Press
- Author
- John Spoehr
Description
Beyond the Contract State challenges the foundations and effectiveness of economic rationalism. It argues that privatisation and contracting out are undermining the capacity of government to meet longer term social and economic objectives.
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