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100			_aLindholst, Andrej Christian _943601
245			_aLong live marketization for local public spaces: A study of Scandinavian managers’ satisfaction with private provider performance
260			_aUrban Affairs Review
300			_a59(1), Jan, 2023: p. 200-237
520			_aContinued critiques, evidence and newer reform trends have increasingly contested the use of market-centered models–the competition prescription–for urban public space maintenance as well as other local services. This article adopts a contextualized contingency perspective on the competition prescription and questions the contested status of market-centered models in a survey-based study of the current use of and satisfaction with private providers for maintenance of parks/greenspaces and road/streets in Scandinavian local governments. The study finds widespread use of and satisfaction with private providers. However, satisfaction depends on national context and multiple contingencies. The study challenges the contested status of market-centered models, highlights that different models serve different strategic objectives, and directs attention to discussions of context and key contingencies that define how well market-centered models perform. – Reproduced
650			_aLocal government, Privatization, Performance, Public space, Scandinavia . _940495
773			_aUrban Affairs Review
906			_aLOCAL GOVERNMENT
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