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- Blomqvist, Paula, 1968-, et al.
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Contracting out welfare services : how are private contractors held accountable?
- 2022
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Ingår i: Public Management Review. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1471-9037 .- 1471-9045. ; 24:2, s. 233-254
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A challenge for governments contracting out public services is holding accountable contractors who fail to meet agreed-upon standards. In social services, contract monitoring is complicated by the fact that contracts tend to be incomplete and performance hard to assess. In this study, we examine how local governments in Sweden hold private contractors accountable in nursing home care. The main finding is that a mixture of accountability mechanisms was used, but that social accountability was seen as most effective. Marketaccountability measures like contract termination and financial sanctions could not be applied as local governments lacked the capacity to enforce them
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- Hårsman Wahlström, Marie, 1970-, et al.
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Planning Cities4People–A body and soul analysis of urban neighbourhoods
- 2020
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Ingår i: Public Management Review. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1471-9037 .- 1471-9045. ; 22:5, s. 687-700
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- There is a growing interest among urban planners in identifying and reinforcing key features that differentiate a city from others. At a local level, neighbourhoods are increasingly positioned and branded, based on their distinguishing characteristics. Against this background this paper aims to contribute to a better governance of cities and urban neighbourhoods by pinpointing the determinants of citizens’ perceptions of urban quality of life. A conceptual model on neighbourhood love, comprising both body and soul constituents, is developed and empirically tested. The results show that the residents’ ‘love’ for their neighbourhood is significantly related to both its material and immaterial amenities.
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- Isaksson, David, 1982-, et al.
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Privatization of social care delivery : how can contracts be specified?
- 2018
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Ingår i: Public Management Review. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1471-9037 .- 1471-9045. ; 20:11, s. 1643-1662
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- When contracting out services to private actors, public authorities must be able to ensure that the quality of services provided is satisfactory. Therefore, it is important to formulate precise quality requirements, thus making them possible to monitor. In the study, 1,005 quality requirements from public procurements of nursing homes were categorized, and their degree of monitorability assessed. The analysis showed that quality requirements related to soft' areas such as social activities typically were non-monitorable. The requirements were written in an imprecise, vague manner, thus making it difficult for the local governments to determine whether or not they were met.
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- Nohrstedt, Daniel, 1974-
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Does Adaptive Capacity Influence Service Delivery? : Evidence from Swedish Emergency Management Collaborations
- 2015
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Ingår i: Public Management Review. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1471-9037 .- 1471-9045. ; 17:5, s. 718-735
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The relationship between adaptive capacity and collaborative performance is a central issue within public management research but has rarely been subjected to systematic empirical testing. Using survey data on emergency preparedness collaborations in Swedish municipalities (N = 263), this article investigates the relationship between three adaptive capacity variables – diversity, interaction, and learning – and outcomes in terms of goal attainment, risk analysis, and public satisfaction with rescue services. The findings suggest a positive relationship between the number of collaboration partners and goal attainment, while learning and accessibility of collaboration venues were unassociated with service delivery variables.
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