Addressing public-value failure: Remunicipalization as acts of public entrepreneurship

Andrej Christian Lindholst

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Abstract

The idea of “pragmatism” provides a successful account explaining why municipalities re-internalize previously privatized responsibilities for service delivery. This paper develops the idea by accounting for remunicipalization in contexts defined by failures with service innovation – rather than delivery – under privatization. This account highlights remunicipalization as an act of public entrepreneurship and offers a complementary explanation for the dynamics in local service restructuring. Analytical utility is demonstrated in a case study of the restructuring of local energy supply in Aalborg Municipality, Denmark. In perspective, the paper refines the understanding of contexts, behaviours, and dynamics leading to remunicipalizations in the twenty-first century.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftJournal of Economic Policy Reform
Vol/bind24
Udgave nummer3
Sider (fra-til)380-397
Antal sider18
ISSN1748-7870
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2 sep. 2021

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