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1 online resource (xiii, 232 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-227) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Chart -- 1. Introduction : Why outsourcing threatens democracy -- A. Concerns of this book -- B. Perspectives and plan -- C. Iran-Contra roots of the outsourcing controversy -- 1. Relevance of Iran-Contra to outsourcing sovereignty -- 2. Counterlessons of Iran-contra and the rise of executive privilege -- 3. Iran-Contra as a preview to Iraq -- D. Outsourcing policy making to the Iraq Study Group? -- E.A note on the meaning of sovereignty -- 2. Outsourcing of sovereignty -- A. Private military -- 1. New private military : Blackwater and friends -- 2. Managing the public-private military -- B. Private solutions to natural disasters and national security -- 1. DHS, FEMA, and natural disasters -- 2. contracting-out national security at the border -- a. Contracts to secure borders -- b. Challenges to public control of border contractors -- 3. Homeland Security, Inc. -- C. Advent of private prisons and private police -- 1. Distinctions between private regimes -- 2. Contracting for prisons by the state -- a. Prison contract and public accountability -- b. Lingering doubts about private prisons -- 3. A note on rendition and private prisons -- D. Contracting-out the analysis function : the hidden hand of administration -- 1. Deciding as public management -- 2. Examples of delegated decision making. |
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3. Case study : public and private approaches to transportation security -- A. An introduction to transportation security -- B. Role for government in airline security in the United States -- 1. New consensus -- 2. Values of public employment -- loyalty and reliability -- C. Privatization and airport screeners in Europe -- 1. Privatization in Europe -- 2. Right to travel as a privatizing incentive -- D. Theories of public and private control in airport security -- E. Politics of port security -- 1. Dubai ports debacle -- 2. Present state of public control -- 4. Public/private distinction -- A. An overview of the public-private distinction -- B. Constitutional connections to the public-private distinction -- 1. Fifth Amendment's "Public Use" requirement -- 2. Rise and fall of "affected with a public interest" -- 3. Public functions and process limits -- 4. Overlap between state action and due process -- C. New due process and privatization -- 1. Alternatives to due process -- 2. Private contractor accountability conundrum -- 5. Case for constitutional governance -- A. Constitutional restraints on delegation -- 1. Due process limits on private delegations -- 2. Appointments clause limits on private delegations -- B. Distinction between "significant" and "authority" -- where does the buck stop? -- C. Note on the oath requirement and the role of Congress. |
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6. Statutory and administrative limitations on private delegations -- A. Nondelegation, subdelegation, and discretionary acts -- 1. Nondelegable duties of government -- 2. Subdelegation Act -- B. Contracting-act and the circular A-76 process -- 1. A-76 process -- 2. Critiques of the A-76 process -- 3. Special problems of contracting-out and the military -- 7. Outsourcing government services : contract theory and practice -- A.A contractarian approach to delegation of public authority to private hands : Carter Coal meets Boston Ice -- 1. Nondelegation, due process, and Carter Coal -- 2. Contractual nondelegation and Boston Ice -- 3. Constitutionalizing the contract analogy -- B. Contracts and competition -- 1. An overview of DOD contracts with private providers -- 2. Single sourcing in government contracts -- the Iraq effect -- 3. Governance virtues of competitive contracts -- C. Contracts and agency cost theory -- 8. Structural reforms to government -- A. Distinguishing public servants from private contractors : of foxes and hedgehogs -- B. Public support for improving government functions : Volcker and beyond -- 1. Organization of mission-oriented agencies -- 2. Political versus career officials -- the need for professional managers -- a. Comparative performance data on political and career officials -- b. Political appointees at FEMA -- c. Connection between political appointees and consultants. |
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3. Governance, not government -- the market state effect -- 1. Market state and its limits -- 2. Public-private partnerships as public-private partnerships -- a. General approach to public-private partnerships -- b. Case study : PPPs and infrastructure protection -- D. Proposals for enhancing leadership -- 1. Bold move -- national service -- 2. A modest proposal -- inducements to public education and training -- E. Preserving the False Claims Act -- 9. Conclusions (wherein the principal instructs her agents) -- A. To the executive and the agencies -- 1. On the military side -- 2. On the civilian side -- B. To the Congress -- C. To the courts -- Conclusion -- Cases -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
Examines the common practice of government contracting for tasks and consulting. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Contracting out -- United States.
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Contracting out. |
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United States. |
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Privatization -- United States.
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Privatization. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Verkuil, Paul R. Outsourcing sovereignty. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007 9780521867047 (DLC) 2007013033 (OCoLC)122424243 |
| ISBN |
9780511350139 (electronic book) |
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0511350139 (electronic book) |
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0511349270 |
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9780511349270 |
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