CONTRACTING OUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES IN WESTERN EUROPE: LESSONS FROM THE NETHERLANDS

SNAPE, STEPHANIE

LOCAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES, n.º 4/1995, pág. 642

1. Introduction. 2. Municipal contracting out. a) Dutch local government. b) Extent of contracting out. c) Testing the market. d) Developments in the 1990s. e) The Contractual process. f) The UK and the Nertherlands compared. 3. Explaning the nature of Dutch municipal privatisation. a) Central Government. b) Political Motivations. c) Trade unions and public employment...