Size of Municipalities, Efficiency, and Citizen Participation: A Cross-European Perspective

1995 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
M R Martins
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Conclusive Evidence ◽  
European Perspective ◽  
Public Service Provision ◽  
Managerial Innovation

Municipalities in Europe vary enormously in size both between and within individual countries. There is no conclusive evidence, however, that these differences have a significant impact on the efficiency of local public service provision or on the levels of citizen participation in local public life. In this paper it is suggested that flexible and problem-oriented legislative, institutional, and managerial innovation provide meaningful alternatives to local government boundary reform.

scholarly journals Public Private Partnership between Local Governments and Nonprofits in Japan

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Naoko Okuyama ◽  
Yu Ishida ◽  
Naoto Yamauchi
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Nonprofit Sector ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
Public Service Provision

In the framework of public sector reform and the recently popularized concept of a “new public sphere,” attention has been focused on the significance and effectiveness of public private partnership (PPP). However, the smooth operation of PPP practice is yet to be realized, and the nonprofit sector still faces challenges in becoming a government partner in public service provision. We examine government behavior in PPP practice and its stance on partnership practice and collaborative relations with contemporary nonprofit organizations. Through public finance statistics and a unique set of variables, an empirical analysis reveals that the existence of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) positively affects local government decisions to implement PPP practices and outsource to NPOs for public service provision. Other influential factors include local governments’ budgetary conditions, attitudes towards public administration and finance, local chief executive characteristics, and neighboring local government behaviors.

Quality of local government and social trust in European cities

Urban Studies ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 004209802110196
Author(s):  
Conrad Ziller ◽  
Hans-Jürgen Andreß
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Social Trust ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
European Cities ◽  
Public Service Provision

Communities are responsible for a range of public services and represent critical experiential contexts for social interactions between residents. However, the role of local governance and public service provision for creating social trust has received limited attention so far. This study examines how quality, efficiency and fairness of local public service provision relates to social trust. Using multilevel models on repeated cross-sectional survey data from the Quality of Life in European Cities project, we test the relationship between time-varying city-level indicators of quality of local government and social trust. The empirical results show that an increase in the dimension of local public service quality is substantially associated with an increase in social trust. We find improvements in sport and leisure facilities as well as the state of public spaces, streets and buildings to be particularly relevant.

scholarly journals Firms and Public Service Provision in Russia

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pertti Haaparanta ◽  
Tuuli Juurikkala ◽  
Olga Lazareva ◽  
Jukka Pirttila ◽  
Laura Solanko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Public Service Provision
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