Purpose This paper aims to highlight problems and opportunities for introducing digital
automation in public administration (PA) and to propose implications for public value …

Canadian universities are increasingly relying on private-sector participation in the provision
of student housing through new means and strategies, such as financialization and public …

In Finland, early childhood education and care (ECEC) is traditionally publicly provided.
However, private ECEC provision has increased during the past decade, largely as a result …

The marketisation and privatisation of welfare services such as early childhood education
and care (ECEC) have been a global trend in recent decades. Earlier research suggests that …

This study has initiated the first stages of assessing the current state of Swedish parks
through the use of a comprehensive survey sent to all Swedish park managers during the …

This paper argues that adopting a stakeholder approach to the study of contracting
outcomes produces more rich and rounded representations of the realities of the contracting …

Private delivery, ie contracting out, of maintenance services in urban parks and green
spaces has since the 1980s been spurred by neoliberal reform promises of improved …

This study examines the impact of English local government finance reform after the 2008
Financial Crisis. It uses advances in case-based methods, combined into Dynamic Pattern …

While measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 disturbed both global and local markets,
some commentators also argued that the pandemic could be seen as the beginning of the …

Purpose This paper aims to explore why a country with significant under-investment in water
infrastructure has not successfully imposed domestic water charges. Drawing on an …