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Managing Nordic Local Governments : Paradoxes and Challenges of the Municipal Chief Executive Officer /

"The book provides a comprehensive analysis of a central role in the machinery of local government in the Nordic countries - that of the chief administrative officer." -Harald Baldersheim Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Norway "This book is a l...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Hlynsdóttir, Eva Marín (Editor), Hansen, Morten Balle (Editor), Cregård, Anna (Editor), Torjesen, Dag Olaf (Editor), Sandberg, Siv (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024.
Edition:1st ed. 2024.
Series:Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance,
Subjects:
Political planning.
Political leadership.
Public administration.
Public Policy.
Political Leadership.
Public Management.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction the Nordic municipal chief executive officer(Morten Balle Hansen)
  • Chapter 2. Demands, constraints, and choices of Nordic municipal CEOs: A Conceptual Framework (Morten Balle Hansen)
  • Chapter 3. The Nordic local government model (Eva Marín Hlynsdóttir)
  • Chapter 4. The Danish municipal chief executive officer revisited (Morten Balle Hansen)
  • Chapter 5. The slow transition of the Finnish council-manager model (Siv Sandberg)
  • Chapter 6. The special case of the Icelandic municipal chief executive officer (Eva Marín Hlynsdóttir)
  • Chapter 7. The Norwegian municipal chief executive officer anno 2022 (Dag Olaf Torjesen)
  • Chapter 8. 25 years of stability and change: The role of the Swedish MCEO (Anna Cregård)
  • 9. Conclusions.