The Diffusion of Privatization in Europe: Political Affinity or Economic Competition?

Schmitt, Carina

doi:10.1111/padm.12068

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“…Accordingly, worries that ideological positions are hampering learning (Volden et al ; Füglister ) seem to be unwarranted in our context. Instead, our results are in line with Schmitt's () finding that ideological similarities do not matter for diffusion of privatization in Europe.…”

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Learning From Success: Are Successful Governments Role Models?

Lundin

Öberg

Josefsson

2015

Public Administration

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Do local governments learn from their successful peers when designing public policies? In spite of extensive research on policy diffusion and learning, there is still a lack of studies on how success relates to learning patterns. We address this deficiency by examining which other governments local administrative units draw lessons from. More precisely, we investigate whether public managers learn from the experiences of local governments whose citizens are satisfied with government services. Using a large dyadic dataset on all Swedish municipalities from 2010, we find that senior public managers in local administrations learn from similar local governments and from neighbours. But we also find clear evidence that they learn from local governments whose citizens are pleased with local public services. This indicates that best practices are spread among local governments.

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confidence: 92%

Learning From Success: Are Successful Governments Role Models?

Lundin

Öberg

Josefsson

2015

Public Administration

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“…EU law is generally neutral as regards the governance mechanisms used in the member states as long as policy principles and objectives are met. However, in several sectors, such as economic and utilities regulation where privatization is of fundamental importance (Schmitt ), EU directives have obliged member states to create independent NRAs . This phenomenon was observed in the fields of telecommunications (Gilardi ) and data protection (Yesilkagit ).…”

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When Europeanization Feeds Back Into Eu Governance: Eu Legislation, National Regulatory Agencies, and Eu Regulatory Networks

Mathieu

2015

Public Administration

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The existing literature explains the emergence of European regulatory networks through the need for regulatory coordination and the battle for power between policymakers. Bringing together the Europeanization and policy feedback perspectives, this article suggests that European regulatory networks should also be seen as the result of a more complex process of mutual influence between the European and the national levels. An in-depth case study on the telecommunications sector reveals that the implementation of EU policies has contributed to the empowerment of national regulatory agencies, which, in turn, has conditioned the development of European regulatory networks. EU policy has thus indirectly conditioned the rise of European regulatory networks by previously transforming national administrations. Besides expanding our understanding of European regulatory networks, by bridging the Europeanization and policy feedback literatures, this article indicates promising orientations for future theoretical development in both fields.

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“…Recent research seeks to identify the precise international and domestic variables that influence and condition the diffusion of privatisation. For example, Schmitt () argues that economic links between countries matter more than political factors in the diffusion of privatisation in Europe.…”

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Conceptualising European Privatisation Processes After the Great Recession

Mercille

Murphy

2015

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A wave of privatisation is unfolding in Europe in the wake of the financial crisis, but it has yet to receive serious scholarly attention. This paper examines the case of Ireland, where an austerity strategy and European Union International Monetary Fund bailout conditionality have given impetus to the transfer of public assets to the private sector. Theoretically, the paper explains the roots of the phenomenon with reference to a reformulated concept of "accumulation by dispossession" whose usefulness lies in emphasising the politico-economic drivers of privatisation, which have been neglected in the mainstream literature. A typology is presented that argues that accumulation by dispossession manifests itself, in practice, through four main processes: (1) private repossession of assets nationalised during the financial crisis; (2) restructuring of state-owned enterprises; (3) commodification of assets and services hitherto located outside the market; and (4) privatised stimulus through public-private partnerships. The paper's framework should be useful to conceptualise ongoing privatisation processes in other European countries.

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The Diffusion of Privatization in Europe: Political Affinity or Economic Competition?

Cited by 39 publications

References 32 publications

Learning From Success: Are Successful Governments Role Models?

Learning From Success: Are Successful Governments Role Models?

When Europeanization Feeds Back Into Eu Governance: Eu Legislation, National Regulatory Agencies, and Eu Regulatory Networks

Conceptualising European Privatisation Processes After the Great Recession

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