Politics versus Professionalism: The Effect of Institutional Structure on Democratic Decision Making in a Contested Policy Arena

Bourdeaux, Carolyn

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“…Singular MOCs were slightly more efficient than private firms for refuse collection in Sweden (Ohlsson 2003), and comparable in efficiency to private firms in the US bus industry (Zullo 2008). Bourdeaux (2013) finds that MOCs have a more professional focus than bureaucracies; and in the quality of life study of CuadradoBallesteros, García-Sánchez, and Prado-Lorenzo. (2012), singular MOCs were preferred over bureaucracy in all industries.…”

Section: Legal Autonomy Effectsmentioning

confidence: 88%

“…Overall, there is tentative evidence that singular MOCs have efficiency advantages over the bureaucracy in at least some industries, mostly because they substitute politics for professionalism (Bourdeaux 2013). Here, however, the general point that MOCs have high initial failure rates stands too.…”

Section: Legal Autonomy Effectsmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Here, however, the general point that MOCs have high initial failure rates stands too. This is the most important finding in Bourdeaux (2013): while MOCs are more likely to deliver services professionally, they are vulnerable to political conflicts (over goals), which are arbitraged away in bureaucracy delivery. Similarly, Da Cruz and Marques (2011) caution that lacking well-defined responsibilities for the MOC, bureaucracy may be the better policy channel.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The efficiency and effectiveness of municipally owned corporations: a systematic review

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Thiel

2017

Local Government Studies

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Municipally owned corporations (MOCs) are increasingly utilised to provide local public services, but little remains known about their efficiency and effectiveness. In this article, we offer a typology of MOCs, explore the variables that affect their behaviour, and perform a systematic review of public administration articles published between 2001 and 2015 on their efficiency and effectiveness. We find that MOCs are often more efficient than local bureaucracies in the provision of services such as refuse collection, water distribution, and transit services, although they also have high initial failure rates. We conclude that municipally owned corporations are a viable means for delivering some local public services for localities capable of initiating and managing complex contracts. In light of the scarcity of literature on this topic, our conclusions remain tentative, and we encourage additional research into this growing phenomenon.

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The efficiency and effectiveness of municipally owned corporations: a systematic review

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2017

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“…Even though zoning experts tend to be politicized, their professional manner cannot be neglected since they have authority and a duty as citizen advisors. Furthermore, in the land-use site decision process, the emphasis on professional knowledge can reduce conflict over policy decisions in a political process, and increase accountability for public authorities (Bourdeaux, 2008).…”

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Participants in Local Zoning for Multifamily Housing Development and Decision Delay: Transaction Cost and Hierarchical Governance

Park

Kwon

Lee

2013

International Review of Public Administration

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Local zoning decisions for multifamily housing development are understood as an outcome of interactions among multiple participants in the decision-making processes, including state and local government, local politics and professional planning groups. From the perspectives of transaction cost and hierarchical governance, a hierarchical linear model enables us to examine both local and state-level factors affecting local multifamily housing development within a single model. The analytical results show that the decision delay for multifamily housing zoning is better understood when we consider state smart growth effort, state authority over local land-use authority, majority agreement of managerial political actors, and professional engagement controlling for socio-physical contexts.

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“…229 230 First, the principal's attitude is emphasized as a major determinant for agents to agree to 231 collaborate (Margerum, 2002;Petts, 2004;Ansell and Gash, 2007). Moreover, the position 232 granted to the principal and, more generally, whether the consultation takes place in a 233 centralized or decentralized setting, also matters (see, e.g., Bourdeaux, 2007). In this respect, The investigation method and study areas 297…”

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A Context-based Procedure for Assessing Participatory Schemes in Environmental Planning

Berthomé

Thomas

2017

Ecological Economics

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4The efficiency of participatory schemes in environmental planning is an emerging research 5 area, and many issues are not solved yet regarding the assessment of such procedures. It is 6 essential for decision makers to identify improvement opportunities of participatory schemes. 7We propose an original procedure to address such issue, through a bargaining model from the 8 signaling game literature, which accounts for participation design as well as for agents' 9 preferences, beliefs and bargaining power. The model is calibrated using qualitative data from 10 surveys in French local communities involved in municipal solid waste management. Model 11 simulations are used to test for assumptions on the stakeholder dialogue and explore 12 sensitivity of game outcomes to structural parameters. We propose a set of performance 13 indicators to identify the most effective participatory schemes in achieving convergence in 14 stakeholder positions regarding environmental and land-use planning. 15 16

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Politics versus Professionalism: The Effect of Institutional Structure on Democratic Decision Making in a Contested Policy Arena

Cited by 41 publications

References 24 publications

The efficiency and effectiveness of municipally owned corporations: a systematic review

The efficiency and effectiveness of municipally owned corporations: a systematic review

Participants in Local Zoning for Multifamily Housing Development and Decision Delay: Transaction Cost and Hierarchical Governance

A Context-based Procedure for Assessing Participatory Schemes in Environmental Planning

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