Reluctant enablers: Competition in local government in Ireland and the UK

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 5-14

  Snape, Stephanie ^a   Fenwick, John ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitive strategy; Enablement; Ireland; Local authorities; Local government services; UK

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; SERVICE PROVISION; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

IRELAND; UK;

EID: 0030475684     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513559610119519     Document Type: Article

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2. A University of Northumbria research project has investigated European developments in "new public management", concentrating on the use of contracts and markets in the delivery of local public services. To date, primary research has been undertaken in Ireland and The Netherlands gathering information through responses to an exploratory questionnaire sent out to selected national organizations involved in local government issues and in-depth interviews with contacts in national organizations and selected local authority managers. A detailed account of the findings of the research can be found in Snape, S., The Role of Competition in Irish Local Government, 1995, and Snape, S., Contracting out by Dutch Municipalities, 1994, both University of Northumbria Division of Government & Politics research papers. Also see Snape, S., "Contracting out local government services in Western Europe: lessons from The Netherlands", Local Government Studies, Vol. 21 No. 4, 1995, pp. 642-58
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