The Provision of Public Services in Europe: Between State, Local Government and MarketHellmut Wollmann, Gérard Marcou 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. |
Contents
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a comparative overview | 15 |
4 The local government role in preschoolchild care policy in France Germany Italy and the UK | 75 |
5 Towards marketization and centralization? The changing role of local government in long term care in England France Germany and Italy | 97 |
issues and trends in Italy France and Germany | 120 |
waste management in France Germany Italy and the UK | 146 |
the demunicipalization or remunicipalization? of energy provision in Germany Italy France the UK and Norway | 168 |
municipalities corporations and municipal corporatization in water services Germany France and Italy compared | 191 |
10 Comparative aspects of institutional variants for local public service provision | 217 |
11 From public sectorbased to privatized service provision Is the pendulum swinging back again? Comparative summary | 240 |
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actors administrative agencies authorities autonomous Bogumil Bönker cent central government Chapter child childminders Citroni Collectivités Locales collectivités territoriales competition comuni concession concession contracts contracts corporatization decentralization départements Dexia direct E.on economic electricity ENEL energy provision enterprises environmental established European federal financing framework France French functions funds Gérard Marcou Germany Germany and Italy gestion health services health system Hellmut Wollmann implementation increased institutional intermunicipal bodies involved Italian Italy kommunaler Kuhlmann Länder landfill Landfill Directive legislation LHAs managerial mayors ment municipal corporations municipalizzate neoliberal networks OECD operation organizational outsourcing Paris personnel political private sector profit organizations providers public management public sector public services recycling régie regional régions regulation remunicipalization responsibility role scheme service delivery service provision social assistance social services Stadtwerke steering strategy Table territorial three countries tion traditional trend utilities waste hierarchy waste management water services