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  3. Vol. 23 No. 2 (2019): Hard Sector Services in Local Government

Vol. 23 No. 2 (2019): Hard Sector Services in Local Government

Published: 2019-06-15

Special Issue Introduction

  • SJPA Special Issue Introduction: Providing ’Hard’ Local Government Services in a Multi-Level, Multi-Actor System

    Lisa Hansson, Harald Torsteinsen
    3-11
    • PDF

Original Articles

  • Barriers in the Public Procurement Process: Restricting Long-Term Sustainable Construction of Wooden Buildings

    Fredrik Lindblad
    13-32
    • PDF
  • Does Regular School Transport Influence the Provision of Public Transport Services? Evidence From Norway

    Jørgen Aarhaug, Kenneth Løvold Rødseth
    33-55
    • PDF
  • Adapting Accountability and Emerging Challenges: Contracting-Out in the Transport Sector in Switzerland, Norway and Sweden

    Eva Lieberherr, Lisa Hansson, Merethe Dotterud Leiren, Jonas Schmid
    57-77
    • PDF
  • How Regional Authorities Act Under Restricted Decentralization: Evidence from the Norwegian Transport Sector

    Julie Runde Krogstad, Merethe Dotterud Leiren
    79-96
    • PDF

Book Reviews

  • A Transatlantic History of Public Administration: Analyzing the USA, Germany and France, by Fritz Sager, Christian Rosser, Céline Mavrot and Pascal Y. Hurni

    Cemil Eren Fırtın
    97-99
    • PDF

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