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100			_aAlbalate, Daniel et al _932475
245			_aRe-municipalization of local public services: Incidence, causes and prospects
260			_aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences
300			_a87(3), Sep, 2021: p.419-424
520			_aSince the turn of the century, a global trend of re-municipalization has emerged, with cities reversing earlier privatizations and returning infrastructure and public service delivery to the public sector. The reversal of privatization measures is not an entirely new phenomenon. In the US, for example, returning public services to in-house production has been a long-standing feature of ‘pragmatic public management’. However, many cases of re-municipalization that have occurred since the early 2000s represent a distinctive shift from earlier privatization policies. High-profile cases in cities including Paris and Hamburg have thrust re-municipalization into the limelight as they have followed public campaigns motivated by dissatisfaction with the results of privatization and a desire to restore public control of vital services, such as water and energy. Just as the reform of public services towards privatization spawned a vast body of scholarship, the current re-municipalization phenomenon is increasingly attracting the attention of scholars from a number of disciplinary perspectives. The articles contained in this symposium contribute to this emerging literature. They address some of the burning issues relating to re-municipalization, but they also point to issues yet to be resolved and shed light on a research agenda that is still taking shape.- Reproduced
650			_aContracts, Local government, Privatization, Public services, Re-municipalization _930443
773			_aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences
906			_aLOCAL GOVERNMENT
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