TY - JOUR
T1 - Extent and dynamics of the remunicipalisation of public services
AU - Albalate, Daniel
AU - Bel, Germà
AU - Reeves, Eoin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - empirical studies; reverse privatisation; public services
KW - politics
KW - pragmatism
KW - Remunicipalisation
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U2 - 10.1080/03003930.2024.2331561
DO - 10.1080/03003930.2024.2331561
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85189974703
SN - 0300-3930
VL - 50
SP - 663
EP - 676
JO - Local Government Studies
JF - Local Government Studies
IS - 4
ER -