本文以訪談法，探討地方政府將部份公共事務外包的情形。但有些地方政府對某些公共事務不顧意外包。本文分析那些壓力和吸引力促使地方公共事務外包，及其效率情況。

Mounting pressures on local authorities to get more out of the resources that are available to them makes the contracting out of certain services very attractive. Using a case study this paper describes some of the issues and difficulties which are involved with the effort to contract out.