Initiatives to reduce the costs of French local governments: challenges and current situation

Les démarches de réduction des coûts dans les collectivités territoriales françaises: enjeux et état des lieux

Marcel Guenoun, François Meyssonier and Emil Turc
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Marcel Guenoun: AMU IMPGT - Institut de management public et de gouvernance territoriale - AMU - Aix Marseille Université, CERGAM - Centre d'Études et de Recherche en Gestion d'Aix-Marseille - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - UTLN - Université de Toulon, AMU - Aix Marseille Université
François Meyssonier: LEMNA - Laboratoire d'économie et de management de Nantes Atlantique - Nantes Univ - IAE Nantes - Nantes Université - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - Nantes - Nantes Université - pôle Sociétés - Nantes Univ - Nantes Université
Emil Turc: CERGAM - Centre d'Études et de Recherche en Gestion d'Aix-Marseille - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - UTLN - Université de Toulon, AMU IMPGT - Institut de management public et de gouvernance territoriale - AMU - Aix Marseille Université, AMU - Aix Marseille Université

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Abstract: Initiatives to reduce the costs of French local governments: challenges and current situation. A study of cutback strategies and efficiency programs implemented by French local public authorities is conducted. It is based on a systematic literature review in the specialized press (especially in La Gazette des Communes) and in the acts of congress of the association of territorial officials in charge of the matter (the AFIGESE) and interviews with fourteen experts conducted in two waves: in 2012, when this topic started to occur, and then in 2015, following the reductions of state grants. It is shown that in the current context of local public finance crisis, reengineering actions of operational processes in the local public services are currently more rhetorical than real.

Keywords: nouvelle gestion publique; collectivités territoriales; économies; efficience; restructuration des processus opérationnels new public management; local governments; cutbacks; efficiency; « nouvelle frontière » du management public (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-09-30
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Published in Politiques et Management public, 2015, 32 (3), pp.265-283. ⟨10.3166/pmp.32.265-283⟩

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DOI: 10.3166/pmp.32.265-283

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