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- Cäker, Mikael, 1972, et al.
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Inter-organizational cooperation challenging hierarchical accountability: The dominated actors in a municipal joint venture”
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In: Financial Accountability and Management. - : Wiley. - 0267-4424 .- 1468-0408. ; 33:1, s. 102-120
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- New public management offers a number of solutions to the kinds of problems that public sector organizations experience. In taking an accountability perspective, this paper elaborates on how two of these – strict responsibility for performance, and inter-organizational cooperation – may conflict. The setting for this study is a joint venture with a dominant municipality and six dominated municipalities as owners. The article examines how horizontal accountability processes may influence the dominated owners’ hierarchical accountability. The ability to account hierarchically for the quality of service within budgetary parameters is problematized, when dominated owners may dismantle their ability to demand horizontal accountability.
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- Knutsson, Hans, et al.
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New Public Management in a Scandinavian context
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In: Modernizing the public sector : Scandinavian Perspectives - Scandinavian Perspectives. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, [2017] | : Routledge. - 9781315560328 - 9781138675940 ; , s. 18-34
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This chapter gives an overview of the main NPM reforms and trends in the Nordic countries. The idea of a uniform Scandinavian model of NPM is discussed - the chapter presents the different countries as members of a shared public administration tradition, albeit with different traits and particular reforms. The Swedish constitution and the organization of the public sector in a centralized and a two-part local government structure are presented, both as a backdrop to the subsequent chapters and for a reflection about whether there is a uniqueness to be found in the Swedish NPM initiatives. The long history of decentralized public decision-making and its ramifications on the structure of the Swedish public-sector organization is given special attention. From a Scandinavian perspective, the public-sector structures and characteristics in Norway, Denmark and Finland are presented, by which the idea of a single Scandinavian model for all is discussed and contested.
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- Nyland, Kari, et al.
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Samarbeid og ansvar i Kommune-Norge
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In: Bred og spiss! NTNU Handelshøyskolen 50 år: En vitenskapelig jubileumsantologi. - : Fagbokforlaget. - 9788245023244
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