Extent and dynamics of the remunicipalisation of public services

Remunicipalisation of local public services has attracted the interest of scholars from different fields of the social sciences in recent years. Whereas earlier studies into this phenomenon were dominated by case-based analysis there has been a noteworthy increase in quantitative studies in recent y...

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Autores: Bel i Queralt, Germà, 1963-, Reeves, Eoin
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Data de publicação:2024
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositório:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/213342
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/213342
Access Level:Acesso embargado
Palavra-chave:Serveis públics
Serveis municipals
Privatització
Empirisme
Public utilities
Municipal services
Privatization
Empiricism
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Resumo:Remunicipalisation of local public services has attracted the interest of scholars from different fields of the social sciences in recent years. Whereas earlier studies into this phenomenon were dominated by case-based analysis there has been a noteworthy increase in quantitative studies in recent years. There is now, abundant evidence on the drivers of remunicipalisation especially the influence of pragmatic and political motivations. Other topics, such as the effects of remunicipalisation, however, remain underdeveloped. We provide an overview of the scope and dynamics of remunicipalisation, recent advances in its research, and discuss where future research should be directed.