Local Public Sector Reforms in Times of Crisis
National Trajectories and International Comparisons

Editors: Sabine Kuhlmann, Geert Bouckaert



This book compares the trajectories and effects of local public sector reform in Europe and fills a research gap that has existed so far in comparative public administration and local government studies. Based on the results of COST research entitled, ‘Local Public Sector Reforms: an International Comparison’, this volume takes a European-scale approach, examining local government in 28 countries. Local government has been the most seriously affected by the continuously expanding global financial crisis and austerity policies in some countries, and is experiencing a period of increased reform activity as a result. This book considers both those local governments which have adopted or moved away from New Public Management (NPM) modernization to ‘something different’ (what some commentators have labelled ‘post-NPM’), as well as those which have implemented ‘other-than-NPM measures’, such as territorial reforms and democratic innovations.

Table of contents (20 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction: Comparing Local Public Sector Reforms: Institutional Policies in Context

Re-Scaling Local Governance: Amalgamation, Cooperation, Territorial Consolidation
• Front Matter
• A Comparative Analysis of Amalgamation Reforms in Selected European Countries
• Explaining Trajectories of Municipal Amalgamations: A Case Comparison of the Netherlands and Flanders
• What Causes Municipal Amalgamation Reform? Rational Explanations Meet Western European Experiences, 2004–13
• Does Inter-Municipal Cooperation Lead to Territorial Consolidation? A Comparative Analysis of Selected European Cases in Times of Crisis

Managerial Reforms: From Weberian Bureaucracy to Performance Management?
• Front Matter
• Design, Trajectories of Reform, and Implementation of Performance Budgeting in Local Governments: A Comparative Study of Germany, Italy, Lithuania, and Norway
• Impacts of NPM-Driven Performance Management Reforms and Ideologies in Napoleonic Local Governments: A Comparative Analysis of France, Portugal, and Turkey
• Do They All Fail?: A Comparative Analysis of Performance-Related Pay Systems in Local Governments
• Human Resource Management Reforms and Change Management in European City Administrations from a Comparative Perspective

Re-Organizing Local Service Delivery: From Government to Governance?
• Front Matter
• Provision of Public and Social Services in European Countries: From Public Sector to Marketization and Reverse—or, What Next?
• Municipal Waste Management in Norway and the Netherlands: From In-House Provision to Inter-Municipal Cooperation
• On the Road Towards Marketization? A Comparative Analysis of Nonprofit Sector Involvement in Social Service Delivery at the Local Level
• The Governance of Childcare in Transition: A Comparative Analysis
• Rescaling of Planning Power: Comparing Functional Planning Reforms in Six European Countries

Local Participatory Reforms, Political Leaders, and Citizens
• Front Matter
• Giving Citizens More Say in Local Government: Comparative Analyses of Change Across Europe in Times of Crisis
• Reforming Local Councils and the Role of Councillors: A Comparative Analysis of Fifteen European Countries
• Have Mayors Will Travel: Trends and Developments in the Direct Election of the Mayor: A Five-Nation Study
• Local Democratic Renewal by Deliberative Participatory Instruments: Participatory Budgeting in Comparative Study
• Reforming Local Governments in Times of Crisis: Values and Expectations of Good Local Governance in Comparative Perspective
• Conclusion: Tensions, Challenges, and Future “Flags” of Local Public Sector Reforms and Comparative Research

Back Matter



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