The past decades have witnessed an upsurge in governments' use of contracting out as a
means of reforming and privatizing public service delivery. This development has to a large …

Contracting out has long been used in all levels of government in the United States, with
federal contract spending increasing 8% to 9% annually since 2015. The literature on …

The delivery of public services by nonprofit and for-profit providers alters the nature of
services and jobs, often in unintended and undesired ways. We argue that these effects …

Job quality in the contracted-out public services is still influenced by the public authorities.
As customers buying goods and services from private providers, they become with employer …

Trade unions and environmental movements are often seen as political opponents most
prominently discussed in the form of the 'jobs vs. environment dilemma'. Based on historical …

This article examines the influence of labour market factors on public authorities' decisions
to outsource public services in five countries. The dominant focus in the outsourcing …

Public procurement is an important part of states' activities and a major market. As the
potential of public purchasing to foster gender equality has increasingly come into focus …

This article utilizes a multi-method case study of the probation service of England and Wales
to explore the perspectives of practitioners and their union on how restructuring/privatization …

Previous studies reveal that outsourcing practices generally have negative consequences
for employee job satisfaction. As employee job satisfaction is a precursor of employee …

Using a comprehensive analysis of the wave of organizing that swept the country starting in
2007, Labor in Israel investigates the changing political status of organized labor in the …