166 pages, indexed. The pages are tanned, there is a label running vertically on the inner edge of the front cover 'Reception Out of Print' and a stamp on the title page "Archive Copy Property of Pluto Press'. Else a clean, unmarked and solid copy which appears unread." Breach of Contract is the most comprehensive survey of local government ever undertaken in Australia...They are responsible for basic services, yet the financial crisis faced by local government has been virtually ignored in the debates of public sector reform...it evaluates the spread of privatisation strategies such as 'contracting out and gathers evidence on its effectiveness...