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Title: | Shared Services in Australian Local Government: Rationale, Alternative Models and Empirical Evidence | Contributor(s): | Dollery, Brian E (author); Akimov, Alexandr (author); Byrnes, Joel David (author) | Publication Date: | 2009 | DOI: | 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2009.00635.x | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/3019 | Abstract: | Widespread enthusiasm amongst Australian policy elites for structural reform in local government has evaporated as disappointing outcomes of council amalgamation programs became evident. As a consequence, emphasis has now shifted towards shared serviced models as a means of enhancing service provision and reducing costs. However, a disturbing feature of the current debate on shared services has been the absence of a well-articulated economic and political rationale for this form of service delivery, a lack of analysis of alternative models of shared service provision and a neglect of available empirical evidence. This article seeks to remedy these deficiencies by considering the analytical foundations of shared local services, conducting a review of alternative models as vehicles for shared services and evaluating available empirical evidence. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Australian Journal of Public Administration, 68(2), p. 208-219 | Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Inc | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 1467-8500 0313-6647 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 160510 Public Policy | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 940204 Public Services Policy Advice and Analysis | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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