PERSPECTIVES ON CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS AND THE MOVE TO BEST VALUE IN LOCAL AUTHORITIES

WALKER, BRUCE;DAVIS, HOWARD

LOCAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES, n.º 2/1999, pág. 16

1. The principal-agent approach to contracting:principles and practice. 2. Transactional and relationalcontracting. 3. The ESRC study of contractual relations inlocal authorities in England. 4. Some research findings. 5.Contracting under best value. 6. Relational contracting inlocal government -some caveats. 7. Conclusions.