The 'externalisation' of local public service delivery: experience in Italy and Sweden

Daniela Argento, Giuseppe Grossi, Torbjorn Tagesson and Sven-Olof Collin

International Journal of Public Policy, 2010, vol. 5, issue 1, 41-56

Abstract: In recent years, the local government sector in European countries has undergone important changes involving, among other things, the externalisation of local public service provision through various forms of corporatisation, public-public collaboration, public-private partnerships and contracting out. An important consequence of these institutional changes has been the recasting of local governance systems through the need for increased cooperation between public and private actors. This article addresses these matters with comparative reference to the experience in Italy and Sweden. In doing so, it considers local governments in their constitutional and legal contexts, leading to more detailed discussions of their externalisation initiatives and resultant organisational forms and governance arrangements. Issues of ownership have been important concerning the significance of 'community' and 'place' in the management of public affairs.

Keywords: externalisation; corporatisation; privatisation; community; public service delivery; institutional change; Italy; Sweden; local government; public-public collaboration; public-private partnerships; PPP; contracting out; public ownership; public sphere; public policy. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (9)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=29780 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijpubp:v:5:y:2010:i:1:p:41-56

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in International Journal of Public Policy from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sarah Parker ().