Where is municipal marketization heading? Experiences from England and Scandinavia

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

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

Where is municipal marketization heading? Experiences from England and Scandinavia

Christian Lindholst, Ylva Noren Bretzer, Nicola Dempsey, Merethe Dotterud Leiren, Morten Balle Hansen

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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	Tomas Bergström, Jochen Franzke, Sabine Kuhlmann, Ellen Wayenberg
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date	2021
Pages	157-170
Chapter	11
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
ISSN	2523-8248

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Lindholst, C., Noren Bretzer, Y., Dempsey, N., Dotterud Leiren, M., & Hansen, M. B. (2021). Where is municipal marketization 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. Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56059-1_12

Lindholst, Christian ; Noren Bretzer, Ylva ; Dempsey, Nicola ; Dotterud Leiren, Merethe ; Hansen, Morten Balle. / Where is municipal marketization heading? Experiences from England and Scandinavia. The Future of Local Self-Government: European Trends in Autonomy, Innovations and Central-Local Relations. editor / Tomas Bergström ; Jochen Franzke ; Sabine Kuhlmann ; Ellen Wayenberg. Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. pp. 157-170 (Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance).

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The Future of Local Self-Government: European Trends in Autonomy, Innovations and Central-Local Relations. ed. / Tomas Bergström; Jochen Franzke; Sabine Kuhlmann; Ellen Wayenberg. Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. p. 157-170 (Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance).

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Lindholst C, Noren Bretzer Y, Dempsey N, Dotterud Leiren M, Hansen MB. Where is municipal marketization 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. Palgrave Macmillan. 2021. p. 157-170. (Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56059-1_12

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