Reformen dezentral-lokaler Organisationsstrukturen zwischen Territorialität und Funktionalität— England, Schweden, Frankreich und Deutschland im Vergleich

Die Erbringung öffentlicher und sozialer Dienstleistungen zwischen Kommunen, Staat, Privatem und Drittem Sektor Im Wandel und Sog der Leitbilder und Reformschübe

“…Neuen Institutionalismus (new institutionalism) angeregt ist (vgl. Peters 1999, Wollmann 2008, S. 17, Kuhlmann/Wollmann 2013. In dieser Diskussion werden vielfach vier Varianten unterschieden.…”

“…Die Auswahl der hier diskutierten Länder (Großbritannien/UK, Deutschland, Frankreich und Schweden) beruht auf der-auch andere vergleichende Abhandlungen leitenden (vgl. Hesse/Sharpe 1991, Heinelt/Hlepas 2006, Wollmann 2008. )-Überlegung, dass diese aufgrund ihrer historischen Entwicklung und Staatsformation unterschiedliche Typen von Ländern oder Länderfamilien (etwa Anglo, Franco, Scandinavian/middle-European group) repräsentieren und-als, methodisch gesprochen, ansatzweise "most dissimilar cases"-die analytisch leistungsfähige Vergleiche versprechen (vgl.…”

The Performance of Decentralisation Strategies Compared: An Assessment of Decentralisation Strategies and their Impact on Local Government Performance in Germany, France and England

“…Pollitt, 2005). In the case of political decentralisation we can presume increasing democratic control and accountability, better horizontal coordination capacity and partly improved effectiveness due to problem orientation and responsiveness (Wagener, 1976;Wollmann, 1997Wollmann, , 2004Wollmann, , 2008. These virtues go hand in hand with the downside of decreasing vertical coordination, partly lower effectiveness (due to under-specialisation) and efficiency (due to decreasing economies of scale).…”

Impacts of decentralization: The French experience in a comparative perspective

“…Improvement of local capacity to decide and act autonomously Amplification of 'unequal' service fulfilment in an inter-communal perspective, when starting from the states' claim to equal treatment of all citizens? (Wollmann, 2008). These virtues go hand in hand with the down side of decreasing vertical coordination, effectiveness (because of underspecialization) and efficiency (because of decreasing economies of scale).…”

“…The first, an institution-oriented perspective, focuses on the interior, that is local government and administration-related dimension of local public policymaking. One presumption is that a decentralization strategy, which strengthens the multi purposiveness of local responsibility, might increase the performance of local governments in some dimensions such as political accountability or to the cross-sectoral coordination (Wagener, 1976;Wollmann, 1997Wollmann, , 2004Wollmann, , 2008). Yet, as economies of scale decrease and political interference in administrative decision making rises, there is reason to suggest that efficiency and effectiveness might, in fact, decline, depending on the nature of the policy in question.…”