Over the past two decades, reliance on short-term contracted staff has increased in government institutions across the Western world. This tendency towards contracted government may be strengthened during periods of economic and financial stress. This article therefore poses the following...

Over the past two decades, reliance on short-term contracted staff has increased in government institutions across the Western world. This tendency towards "contracted government" may be strengthened during periods of economic and financial stress. This article therefore poses the following...