The Provision of public services in Europe : between state, local government and market
edited by Hellmut Wollmann, Gérard Marcou
Bok Engelsk 2010 Hellmut. Wollmann,· Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Cheltenham : Edward Elgar , cop. 2010
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| Omfang | XV, 266 s. : ill.
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The multi-level institutional setting in Germany, Italy, France and the UK: a comparative overview; 2. The multi-level institutional setting in Germany, Italy, France and the UK: a comparative overview; 4. The local government role in pre-schoolchild care policy in France, Germany, Italy and the UK; 5. Towards marketization and centralization? The changing role of local government in long- term care in England, France, Germany and Italy. - 11. From public sector-based to privatized service provision. Is the pendulum swinging back again? Comparative summaryIndex. - 6. Health services: issues and trends in Italy, France and Germany7. Comparative study of a local service: waste management in France, Germany, Italy and the UK; 8. From public service to commodity: the demunicipalization (or remunicipalization?) of energy provision in Germany, Italy, France, the UK and Norway; 9. Neither state nor market: municipalities, corporations and municipal corporatization in water services - Germany, France and Italy compared; 10. Comparative aspects of institutional variants for local public service provision. - The book is the first of its kind to provide a comparative analysis of the provision of social and public services in France, Italy, Germany, the UK and Norway. This volume, co-authored by leading national experts, topically examines whether, when, how and why the delivery of social and public services, which was historically a responsibility of local authorities, has been significantly shifted to marketized and commodified forms. However, despite this considerable change, there have been recent indications of remunicipalisation in some sectors. Combining both cross-country and cross-policy co
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| Emner | Human services - Europe
Political planning - Europe Europe -- Social policy. Human services -- Government policy -- Europe. Vis mer... Business & Economics
Industries Social Sciences Social Welfare & Social Work - General Social Welfare & Social Work kommunalforvaltning europa sammenlignende studier privatisering markedstilpasning tverretatlig samarbeid sammenliknende offentlige tjenester |
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| ISBN | 9781848448094
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