Experiences with Public–Private Partnerships in Sweden: Balancing Collaboration and Competition

Anders Kristoffersson; Andrej Christian Lindholst; Bengt Persson; Thomas Barfoed Randrup

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-32478-0_12

Experiences with Public–Private Partnerships in Sweden: Balancing Collaboration and Competition

Anders Kristoffersson, Andrej Christian Lindholst, Bengt Persson, Thomas Barfoed Randrup

Department of Politics and Society

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In Sweden, managerial and organisational reforms of municipal park and road departments were initiated systematically in the 1980s. This chapter discloses a unique approach to contracting park and road services within a Scandinavian context in a case study in Täby Municipality. The approach included a long-term public–private partnership, embedded the contract in a policy framework for park services and formed part of a larger strategy to make Täby Municipality an attractive place in which to live within the overall metropolitan area in Stockholm. The Täby case reflects a strategic and collaborative approach to contracting and illuminates practical experiences with such approaches, but also represents an approach to collaboration focusing only on the relationship between purchaser and service provider and excluding any active involvement of users and citizens. An analysis of the process of a contract renewal contributes also to the understanding of how this unique contract develops over time.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Marketization in Local Governments: Diffusion and Evolution in Scandinavia and England
Editors	Andrej Christian Lindholst, Morten Balle Hansen
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date	Feb 2020
Pages	241-258
Chapter	12
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-32477-3
ISBN (Electronic)	978-0-303-32478-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32478-0_12
Publication status	Published - Feb 2020

Keywords

marketization
privatization
partnership
contracting out
Sweden
case study

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INOPS: Innovationer i det offentlige-private samspil (INOPS)
Lindholst, C., Hansen, M. B., Dotterud Leiren, M., Noren Bretzer, Y., Selin, J., Petersen, O. H., Burton, M., Dempsey, N., Kristoffersson, A., Persson, B., Randrup, T. B. & Soldfjeld, I.
Dalgas Innovation
01/01/2014 → 31/12/2016
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Marketization in Local Governments: Diffusion and Evolution in Scandinavia and England
Lindholst, A. C. (ed.) & Hansen, M. B. (ed.), Feb 2020, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. 345 p.
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Kristoffersson, A., Lindholst, A. C., Persson, B., & Randrup, T. B. (2020). Experiences with Public–Private Partnerships in Sweden: Balancing Collaboration and Competition. In A. C. Lindholst, & M. B. Hansen (Eds.), Marketization in Local Governments: : Diffusion and Evolution in Scandinavia and England (pp. 241-258). Palgrave Macmillan. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32478-0_12

Kristoffersson, Anders ; Lindholst, Andrej Christian ; Persson, Bengt et al. / Experiences with Public–Private Partnerships in Sweden: Balancing Collaboration and Competition. Marketization in Local Governments: : Diffusion and Evolution in Scandinavia and England. editor / Andrej Christian Lindholst ; Morten Balle Hansen. Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. pp. 241-258

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Experiences with Public–Private Partnerships in Sweden: Balancing Collaboration and Competition

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