Introduction. Contracting on the policy agenda -- Theories of contracts -- Contractual governance -- Policy change and learning in contracting out -- Contractual governance in USA and Scandinavia -- Comparing Dane County, WI and Odense, Denmark : two case studies -- Performance-based contracting...

<P>Chapter 1 <I></I>Introduction</P><P><I>Niels Ejersbo, Carsten Greve, and Signe Pihl-Thingvad</P></I><P></P><P>Chapter 2<I> </I>Data and methods</P><P><I>Niels Ejersbo, Pernille Bak Pedersen, and Signe Pihl-Thingvad</P></I><P></P><P>Chapter 3 University management and reforms in context -- the relationship between university reforms and general reforms in the...</p></p></i></p></i></p></p></i></p></i></p>

The aim of the book is to investigate how PPP reforms function in comparison to the more traditional methods of providing public sector services and infrastructure and who typically experiences the successes and failures of these reforms.