TY - JOUR
T1 - Addressing public-value failure
T2 - Remunicipalization as acts of public entrepreneurship
AU - Lindholst, Andrej Christian
PY - 2021/9/2
Y1 - 2021/9/2
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Case study
KW - energy sector
KW - green transformation
KW - privatization
KW - public enterprises
KW - public-value failure
KW - remunicipalization
U2 - 10.1080/17487870.2019.1671192
DO - 10.1080/17487870.2019.1671192
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1748-7870
VL - 24
SP - 380
EP - 397
JO - Journal of Economic Policy Reform
JF - Journal of Economic Policy Reform
IS - 3
ER -