| Description |
xii, 276 pages ; 20 cm |
| Series |
ERA Collection
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| Contents |
I. Local government reform in Australia -- Debate on structural reform -- II. Shared services in local government -- Conceptual perspectives on shared services -- Theoretical perspectives on shared services -- Empirical evidence on economies of scale and scope -- Empirical evidence on shared services in local government -- III. Shared services in practice -- Regional organisations of councils -- Strategic alliances of councils -- Vertical shared services -- IV. Policy implications |
| Summary |
Councils in Cooperation is the first attempt to comprehensively explore and assess the potential of resource sharing, shared services and other forms of inter-council cooperation in the Australian local government sector. Drawing on the full weight of international and Australian literature, Councils in Cooperationevaluates the theoretical literature on shared services and advances a new conceptual framework for explaining the comparative performance of shared service programs in practice. The authors consider alternative models of shared service provision and investigate the relative merits of these models. The book then systematically assesses the global empirical evidence on shared services and explores successful -- and failed -- attempts at shared services in the Australian milieu, providing various case studies of Regional Organisations of Councils, Strategic Alliances as well as vertical and horizontal shared service arrangements in contexts as varied as Greater Western Sydney, the NSW Central Tablelands and Riverina, and Outback Queensland. The policy implications arising from this wealth of material are examined in depth in Councils in Cooperation |
| Analysis |
Australian |
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Public sector & Civil Service (Australia) |
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Law (Australia) |
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Local government (Australia) |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-268) and index |
| Subject |
Intergovernmental cooperation -- Australia.
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Shared services (Management) -- Australia.
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Local government -- Australia -- Finance.
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Local government -- Australia.
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Public administration -- Australia.
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| Author |
Grant, Bligh, author
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Kortt, Michael A., author
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| LC no. |
2012452010 |
| ISBN |
9781862878471 (paperback) |
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