Abstract
This study looks at the tension between productivity and social goals as they are manifested in procurement processes in local government. The renewed interest in productivity (primarily an ‘efficiency’ goal) and programs designed to achieve social goals provides us with an opportunity to reassess some of the criticisms made by the New Public Administration group in the late 1960s.
The author thanks Professor Michael A. Pagano of Miami University for assistance in clarifying some of the ideas presented herein and for reviewing earlier drafts of this chapter.
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Shumavon, D.H. (1988). Productivity and Social Goals: A Case Study from Cincinnati, Ohio. In: Kelly, R.M. (eds) Promoting Productivity in the Public Sector. Policy Studies Organization Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08885-0_10
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