The Provision of Public Services in Europe
Author | : Hellmut Wollmann |
Publisher | : Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1849807221 |
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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.