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Adapting public--private governance to the local context

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  • Andrea Lippi
  • Nicola Giannelli
  • Stefania Profeti
  • Giulio Citroni

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The article analyses the reform of water and sanitation services in Italy, which was introduced in 1994 and is still not fully implemented in many important respects. The introduction of a purchaser--provider split as envisaged in the national reform has had to come to terms with local power relationships and industrial and managerial status quo. In particular, network structures, leadership, and stakeholders' trade off along the top--down process from the policy design to final impacts prove to be relevant not only in reducing, but also in radically redefining objectives and outcomes of the policy. Thus, the concepts of governance and regulation at the local level are critically assessed in view of their dependence on the interplay of actors in local arenas, where power remains a prominent factor in determining processes and outcomes.

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  • Andrea Lippi & Nicola Giannelli & Stefania Profeti & Giulio Citroni, 2008. "Adapting public--private governance to the local context," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 10(5), pages 619-640, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmgr:v:10:y:2008:i:5:p:619-640
    DOI: 10.1080/14719030802264309
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    1. Di Giulio, Marco & Galanti, Maria Tullia & Moro, Francesco Niccolò, 2016. "Political coalitions, local leaders and the internationalization of local public services in Italy," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 40(C), pages 144-151.
    2. A. Asquer, 2014. "Explaining Partial Privatization Of Public Service Provision: The Emergence Of Mixed Ownership Water Firms In Italy (1994–2009)," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 85(1), pages 11-30, March.

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