... at: sabine.kuhlmann@uni-potsdam.de 02 01 2017 26 06 2017 24 08 2017 02 10 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Benchmarking Administration Local government reform Public administrations and local governments do...

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.../methodology/approach Local government reforms are distinguished according to the institutional structure at which they are directed and local autonomy is assessed as a multidimensional concept. Drawing on a multilevel analysis of the Swiss case, this paper combines data stemming from a survey conducted...

... 06 07 2017 23 08 2017 11 09 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Italy Local government reform Municipalities Intermunicipal cooperation Patterns of conflict Rescaling Academic debate on territorial...

... were previously pilot-tested by several small municipalities. The response rate obtained was 21 percent (280 responses). Public service Service delivery Local authorities Local government reform Inter-municipal cooperation Public networks Over the last 50 years, in all European...

... Decentralization Local government reform Amalgamations Nordic model Extensive municipal autonomy has been seen as a typical Nordic characteristic. Indeed, this is true if we look at such factors as planning monopoly or general jurisdiction, which mean that municipalities have wide powers to take...

... of local government reforms on budgetary processes and service design in a New Zealand local government entity. Design/methodology/approach – The paper adopts a qualitative case study research involving semi-structured interviews with the key informants to understand the evolving role of resource...

... of the Deputy Prime Minister (DETR, 1999) described best value as: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Efficiency agenda Secondary data Back office Service improvement Local government Local government reform Resource efficiency United Kingdom UK governments since 1979 have...

... policies; promote private sector development; and assure accountability and entrepreneurial leadership in the public service. Ghana Local government reform Environmental management Governance Sustainable development Politics © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Sustainable...

... government Local government reform Change management Change management is easy to satirise. In the late twentieth century Dilbert induces a wry smile as we recognise the foibles of workers and managers in large corporations, but his observations are not new. Gaius Petronius, a Roman satirist...

... government reform Public administration Reorganization Strategic management The competing pressures of centralisation and decentralisation have long been an issue in the management of UK local government. During the Conservative years, the increasingly centralised prescription of, for instance...

.... Democracy Local government reform Performance management South Africa he transformation of the public sector in South Africa is pressured by high expectations. It is committed to a calendar of reforms that were agreed five years ago, during the negotiations that led the way out of apartheid...

... spheres are not allowed to encroach. Decentralization Democracy Government Local government Local government reform South Africa The notions which are discussed below are the hallmarks of classical representative local government democracy as practiced in many countries. Local...