A Typology of shared service provision in Australian local government

Dollery, B; Grant, B; Akimov, A

A Typology of shared service provision in Australian local government

Dollery, B Grant, B

Akimov, A

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Australian Geographer, 2010, 41 (2), pp. 217 - 231
Issue Date:: 2010-06-01

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dc.contributor.author	Dollery, B	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Grant, B https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8055-6046	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Akimov, A	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-06-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Australian Geographer, 2010, 41 (2), pp. 217 - 231	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0004-9182	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/28656
dc.description.abstract	Disappointment with the results of forced amalgamation programs across almost all Australian local government jurisdictions has created great interest in shared service models as an alternative method of improving the operational efficiency of local councils, while at the same time preserving local democracy and local autonomy. While an embryonic literature on shared service provision in the Australian municipal milieu does exist, much remains to be done. This paper seeks to contribute to this nascent literature in two main ways: (a) to locate shared services in local government within broader global trends and theoretical disputations on devolution and local economic development, highlighting the importance of political geography in these debates; and (b) in the light of this complexity and ambiguity, develop a new typology of local government shared service provision to inform public policy making on real-world problems in Australian local government. © 2010 Geographical Society of New South Wales Inc.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Australian Geographer	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/00049181003742310	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Geography	en_US
dc.title	A Typology of shared service provision in Australian local government	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	2	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	41	en_US
utslib.for	160601 Australian Government and Politics	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)/lnstitute for Public Policy and Governance
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Abstract:

Disappointment with the results of forced amalgamation programs across almost all Australian local government jurisdictions has created great interest in shared service models as an alternative method of improving the operational efficiency of local councils, while at the same time preserving local democracy and local autonomy. While an embryonic literature on shared service provision in the Australian municipal milieu does exist, much remains to be done. This paper seeks to contribute to this nascent literature in two main ways: (a) to locate shared services in local government within broader global trends and theoretical disputations on devolution and local economic development, highlighting the importance of political geography in these debates; and (b) in the light of this complexity and ambiguity, develop a new typology of local government shared service provision to inform public policy making on real-world problems in Australian local government. © 2010 Geographical Society of New South Wales Inc.

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