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Marketization in Local Government

Diffusion and Evolution in Scandinavia and England

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Editors:
  1. Andrej Christian Lindholst

    1. Department of Politics and Society, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

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  2. Morten Balle Hansen

    1. Department of Politics and Society, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

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  • Delivers a unique set of analyses of how the marketization in two local government sectors has evolved and diffused within and across England and Scandinavia in the past four decades
  • Highlights how a simple set of reform ideas across country contexts has translated into highly different practices and experiences within Local Governments
  • Contributes to discussions about the histories and futures of marketization in an international perspective

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Questions, Theory and Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction: Comparing Contemporary Marketization in the Light of the Past

      • Andrej Christian Lindholst, Morten Balle Hansen
      Pages 3-19

    3. Organizing Marketization

      • Morten Balle Hansen, Andrej Christian Lindholst, Carsten Greve
      Pages 21-59

    4. Research Design, Materials and Methods

      • Andrej Christian Lindholst, Morten Balle Hansen, Ylva Norén Bretzer, Nicola Dempsey, Merethe Dotterud Leiren
      Pages 61-78

    5. Introducing the Research Setting: Four Countries and Two Local Services

      • Andrej Christian Lindholst, Morten Balle Hansen, Ylva Norén Bretzer, Nicola Dempsey, Merethe Dotterud Leiren
      Pages 79-98

  3. Country Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
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    2. In-House, Contracted Out…or Something Else? Parks and Road Management in England

      • Nicola Dempsey, Mel Burton, Johanna Selin
      Pages 101-116

    3. Sweden: Local Marketization 1980–2018, Incremental Tendencies and Deviances

      • Ylva Norén Bretzer, Bengt Persson, Thomas Barfoed Randrup
      Pages 117-139

    4. Denmark: The Incremental Way Towards a Deep-Seated Marketization of Service Delivery

      • Andrej Christian Lindholst
      Pages 141-160

    5. Norway: The Reluctant Adopter of Marketization

      • Merethe Dotterud Leiren, Julie Runde Krogstad, Ingjerd Solfjeld
      Pages 161-178

    6. Economic Effects of Contracting Out in Scandinavia, and the Importance of Country Context

      • Andrej Christian Lindholst, Ole Helby Petersen, Kurt Houlberg
      Pages 179-196

    7. Patterns and Variations of Marketization Compared

      • Andrej Christian Lindholst, Morten Balle Hansen, Ylva Norén Bretzer, Nicola Dempsey, Merethe Dotterud Leiren
      Pages 197-221

  4. Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223
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    2. Long-Term Partnership Contracting in Practice: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London

      • Nicola Dempsey, C. L. Martínez Velarde, Mel Burton
      Pages 225-240

    3. Experiences with Public–Private Partnerships in Sweden: Balancing Collaboration and Competition

      • Anders Kristoffersson, Andrej Christian Lindholst, Bengt Persson, Thomas Barfoed Randrup
      Pages 241-258

    4. When Rust Never Sleeps: Marketization as Continuous Organizational Change

      • Andrej Christian Lindholst, Thomas Haase Jensen, Troels Høgfeldt Kjems
      Pages 259-275

    5. Municipal Enterprise as a Pretext for Marketization of Park Services: Insights from Oslo

      • Ingjerd Solfjeld, Merethe Dotterud Leiren
      Pages 277-291

    6. Lessons from Case Studies: Working with Marketization

      • Andrej Christian Lindholst, Nicola Dempsey, Thomas Barfoed Randrup, Ingjerd Solfjeld
      Pages 293-311

  5. Conclusions and Outlook

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 313-313
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About this book

Marketization is one of the most powerful reform doctrines reshaping the organization of public service delivery throughout the last four decades. This book revisits conventional ideas and models of marketization and compares how these have diffused and evolved across municipalities in England and Scandinavia. The book highlights the paths and impacts of marketization as diverse and dynamic and asks us to reconsider what and how we think about marketization. The content of the book is co-authored by researchers from four countries and builds upon comparable surveys and case-studies from two longstanding ‘spearhead’ services – parks and roads – for the implementation of marketization. The book appeals to scholars and policy makers with interests in discussions about the history and future of marketization in an international perspective.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Politics and Society, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

    Andrej Christian Lindholst, Morten Balle Hansen

About the editors

Andrej Christian Lindholst is Associate Professor at Department of Political Science at Aalborg University, Denmark. His research focuses on marketization and organizational change in the public sector and implications for management, organization and performance. 


Morten Balle Hansen is Professor at Department of Political Science at Aalborg University, Denmark. His research focuses on the management and organization of public sector activities, including diffusion of novel management and leadership models, evaluation and performance management.

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