Where Is Municipal Marketisation Heading? Experiences from England and Scandinavia

Andrej Christian Lindholst; Ylva Norén Bretzer; Nicola Dempsey; Merethe Dotterud Leiren; Morten Balle Hansen

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-56059-1_12

Where Is Municipal Marketisation Heading? Experiences from England and Scandinavia

Andrej Christian Lindholst^*, Ylva Norén Bretzer, Nicola Dempsey, Merethe Dotterud Leiren, Morten Balle Hansen

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Abstract

Negative experiences, newer reform trends and local circumstances have challenged the reform doctrines of the New Public Management (NPM) and raised the question of whether reforms have entered a post-NPM era. We explore this question in a comparison of experiences with marketisation—a key doctrine in the NPM—within local park and road services in England, Sweden, Denmark and Norway. The comparison draws upon survey data collected from mid-level managers in 2014–16. We conclude that although marketisation is widespread it is not dominant. Also, the practices of marketisation are partly transformed by newer reform trends. In perspective, we find that marketisation is an evolving practice, which trajectories depend on local contextual circumstances and adaption of newer reform ideas.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Future of Local Self-Government : European Trends in Autonomy, Innovations and Central-Local Relations
Editors	Thomas Bergström, Jochen Franzke, Sabine Kuhlmann, Ellen Wayenberg
Number of pages	14
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date	2021
Pages	157-170
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-56058-4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-56059-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56059-1_12
Publication status	Published - 2021

Series	Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance
Volume	Part F1143
ISSN	2523-8248

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Keywords

England
Marketisation
Municipalities
New Public Management
Post-NPM
Scandinavia

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Lindholst, A. C., Bretzer, Y. N., Dempsey, N., Leiren, M. D., & Hansen, M. B. (2021). Where Is Municipal Marketisation Heading? Experiences from England and Scandinavia. In T. Bergström, J. Franzke, S. Kuhlmann, & E. Wayenberg (Eds.), The Future of Local Self-Government: European Trends in Autonomy, Innovations and Central-Local Relations (pp. 157-170). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56059-1_12

Lindholst, Andrej Christian ; Bretzer, Ylva Norén ; Dempsey, Nicola et al. / Where Is Municipal Marketisation Heading? Experiences from England and Scandinavia. The Future of Local Self-Government: European Trends in Autonomy, Innovations and Central-Local Relations. editor / Thomas Bergström ; Jochen Franzke ; Sabine Kuhlmann ; Ellen Wayenberg. Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. pp. 157-170 (Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance, Vol. Part F1143).

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Lindholst, AC, Bretzer, YN, Dempsey, N, Leiren, MD & Hansen, MB 2021, Where Is Municipal Marketisation Heading? Experiences from England and Scandinavia. in T Bergström, J Franzke, S Kuhlmann & E Wayenberg (eds), The Future of Local Self-Government: European Trends in Autonomy, Innovations and Central-Local Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance, vol. Part F1143, pp. 157-170. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56059-1_12

Where Is Municipal Marketisation Heading? Experiences from England and Scandinavia. / Lindholst, Andrej Christian; Bretzer, Ylva Norén; Dempsey, Nicola et al.
The Future of Local Self-Government: European Trends in Autonomy, Innovations and Central-Local Relations. ed. / Thomas Bergström; Jochen Franzke; Sabine Kuhlmann; Ellen Wayenberg. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. p. 157-170 (Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance, Vol. Part F1143).

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Lindholst AC, Bretzer YN, Dempsey N, Leiren MD, Hansen MB. Where Is Municipal Marketisation Heading? Experiences from England and Scandinavia. In Bergström T, Franzke J, Kuhlmann S, Wayenberg E, editors, The Future of Local Self-Government: European Trends in Autonomy, Innovations and Central-Local Relations. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. 2021. p. 157-170. (Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance, Vol. Part F1143). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-56059-1_12

Where Is Municipal Marketisation Heading? Experiences from England and Scandinavia

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Where Is Municipal Marketisation Heading? Experiences from England and Scandinavia

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Marketization in Local Governments: Diffusion and Evolution in Scandinavia and England

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