A Political Perspective on Contracting Out
The Politics of Good Times. Experiences from Danish Local Governments
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6264243 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Pallesen (0000-0002-1601-5763, Aarhus University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 573-587 |
| Publication date | 2004-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Governance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-1895 • E-ISSN: 1468-0491 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.0952-1895.2004.00258.x |
| OpenAlex | W2022987231 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 17 |
Privatization has been on the political agenda for the last two decades. The literature points to two major explanations of privatization. One explanation is political‐ideological, considering privatization to be a Liberal‐Conservative strategy. Economic crisis or fiscal stress is the other main explanation of privatization. The two theses are investigated by evaluating the determinants of contracting out in Danish local governments. The analysis shows that fiscal stress is strongly, but inversely related to contracting out, while Liberal‐Conservative political leadership is not associated with higher levels of contracting out than Social Democratic governance. Thus, the richer a local government becomes, the more it contracts out. Although party politics is not decisive for contracting out, the motivation seems to be political rather than economical. Specifically, it is argued that in a strongly decentralized public sector with influential public employees, contracting out is possible in good times when revenue and public expenditure are easier to increase, which reduces public employee resistance to contracting out
Corporate governance · Danish · Economic system · Economics · Government (linguistics · Ideology · Local government · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public good · Revenue · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Public Administration · Public Procurement and Policy · Public-Private Partnership Projects · Finance
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Modeling Fiscal Stress and Contracting Out in Local Government
Principal-Agent Theory and Organisational Change
Political Ideology and Social Services Contracting
Administrative Professionals and the Diffusion of Innovations
Does political ideology still matter? A meta‐analysis of government contracting decisions
Revenue Scarcity and Government Outsourcing
Pragmatic Municipalism
Why Do Local Governments Resist Contracting Out
The Relationship Between Population Size and Contracting Out Public Services
Local institutions and public service outsourcing
Contracting Out Local Services
Designing Markets
The Politics of Competitive Tendering
Local service delivery choices in Portugal
Municipal Service Delivery
Privatising Local Public Services
The anatomy of choice
Financial and Political Factors Motivating the Privatisation of Municipal Water Services
Public Sector Unions and Privatization
The Effects of Administrative Professionals on Contracting Out
When new public management fails
Privatization of social services
Mechanisms behind privatization
Contracting out by the public sector
Shrinking the State
The Decision to Contract out
Bureaucratic Inefficiency
Ownership versus competition
The Dynamics of Decentralization and Recentralization
The Variability of Party Government
The Political Underpinnings of Privatization
Cities and Privatization
Growth by Exception
Institutions, distributional concerns, and public sector reform
Privatization and the British Electorate
Do Parties Make a Difference? Parties and the Size of Government in Liberal Democracies
The Proper Scope of Government
| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,26 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2024 (18) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |