Corporatisation in Local Government

Context, Evidence and Perspectives from 19 Countries

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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This book provides a comprehensive comparison of municipally owned corporations in Europe. Each chapter outlines the legal provisions that enable or hinder the formation of municipally owned corporations in a particular country, the trends around corporatisation, and the structure of the corporations that exist.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-03-02
Mått:148 x 210 x 28 mm
Vikt:665 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:497
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031099847

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Rhys Andrews is Professor of Public Management at Cardiff University, UK. Marieke van Genugten is Assistant Professor of Public Administration at Radboud University, the Netherlands. Ulf Papenfuß is Professor of Public Management and Public Policy at Zeppelin University, Germany. Harald Torsteinsen is Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at the Arctic University of Norway. Bart Voorn is Assistant Professor of Public Management at Radboud University, the Netherlands.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Corporatisation in Local Government: An Introduction.- 2. Municipally Owned Corporations in Canada.- 3. Municipally Owned Corporations in England and Wales: A Tale of Two Countries.- 4. Municipally Owned Corporations in Israel: Local Initiative and the Pursuit of Flexibility in a Centralised Context.- 5. Municipally Owned Corporations in Hungary.- 6. Municipally Owned Corporations in Delivery of Local Public Services in Poland.- 7. Private Law, Public Control: Municipally Owned Corporations in Slovakia.- 8. Municipally Owned Corporations in Austria: High Popularity, Low Transparency.- 9. Corporatised Public Service Provision of Local Governments in Germany: A Key Topic for UN-SDGs and Promising Public Corporate Governance Developments.- 10. Corporatisation in Swiss Local Government.- 11. Municipally Owned Corporations in France: An Emerging Tool of Public Engineering.- 12. Municipally Owned Corporations in Greece: Historical Evolution and the Current Situation.- 13. Municipal Corporatisation in Italy.- 14. Municipal Corporatisation in Portugal: From Mania to Depression.- 15. Corporatisation in Spanish Local Government: Governing the Diversity.- 16. Corporatisation in Local Government: The Case of Turkey.- 17. Municipally Owned Corporations in Denmark: Historical Continuity and Contemporary Complexities in a Local State-Centred Reform Trajectory.- 18. Municipal Corporatisation in the Netherlands: A Vehicle for Inter-municipal Cooperation.- 19. Corporatisation in Norwegian Local Government.- 20. Municipally Owned Corporations in Sweden.- 21. Corporatised Local Public Service Provision: Comparative Evidence from 19 Countries and Research Agenda.