 Best value in transitional countries?Kristiina Tonnisson and John Wilson Public Management Review, 2007, vol. 9, issue 1, 87-106 Abstract: A feature common to many countries over the last thirty years has been that of radical change in the management of public services. In the United Kingdom, successive Conservative and Labour governments have implemented measures to bring about change in local government, including Labour's Best Value initiative. In documenting and evaluating the effect of such policies, however, the focus has largely been on developed economies and little emphasis has been placed on those countries which regained their independence following the collapse of the Soviet Union and which are now in transition from a planned to a market economy. One such transitional economy is Estonia. This article considers the changes taking place in Estonian local government. The research findings are based on a national questionnaire survey of the Heads of Estonian local authorities. The questionnaire was in part based on a key component of the Best Value framework and the results provide some evidence as to the changing nature of local government in the specific context of a rapidly evolving market economy. Date: 2007 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:pubmgr:v:9:y:2007:i:1:p:87-106 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/14719030601181241 Access Statistics for this article Public Management Review is currently edited by Professor Stephen P. Osborne, Jenny Harrow and Tobias Jung More articles in Public Management Review from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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