Decision-making efficiency, accountability and democracy in inter-municipal cooperation arrangements: The case of Iceland
Inter-municipal cooperation in Iceland has a history of many decades. There has been significant cooperation between smaller and larger municipalities in order to improve the provision of services, which in many cases has been difficult for the small and smallest units – a question of capacity. In t...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:dead57e752b142fc910d27d091a37897 2023-05-15T16:44:51+02:00 Decision-making efficiency, accountability and democracy in inter-municipal cooperation arrangements: The case of Iceland Grétar Þór Eyþórsson 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2019.15.1.2 https://doaj.org/article/dead57e752b142fc910d27d091a37897 EN IS eng ice University of Iceland http://www.irpa.is/article/view/2936 https://doaj.org/toc/1670-6803 https://doaj.org/toc/1670-679X 1670-6803 1670-679X doi:10.13177/irpa.a.2019.15.1.2 https://doaj.org/article/dead57e752b142fc910d27d091a37897 Stjórnmál og Stjórnsýsla, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 21-38 (2019) Inter-municipal cooperation democratic accountability democracy efficiency Political institutions and public administration (General) JF20-2112 Political science (General) JA1-92 article 2019 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2019.15.1.2 2022-12-31T12:53:10Z Inter-municipal cooperation in Iceland has a history of many decades. There has been significant cooperation between smaller and larger municipalities in order to improve the provision of services, which in many cases has been difficult for the small and smallest units – a question of capacity. In this article, the main task is to look at the democratic aspect of inter-municipal cooperation arrangements. The main research questions are on consequences for democracy, democratic accountability, efficiency and decision-making in this context, which have been pointed out as the main democratic concerns by various European researchers. To answer this for the case of Iceland, responses to questions on the topic from two different surveys among local leaders are analysed. The main conclusion is that the general concerns stated by the above-mentioned researchers also seem to be present in the case of inter-municipal cooperation in Iceland. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla 15 1 21 38 |
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Inter-municipal cooperation in Iceland has a history of many decades. There has been significant cooperation between smaller and larger municipalities in order to improve the provision of services, which in many cases has been difficult for the small and smallest units – a question of capacity. In this article, the main task is to look at the democratic aspect of inter-municipal cooperation arrangements. The main research questions are on consequences for democracy, democratic accountability, efficiency and decision-making in this context, which have been pointed out as the main democratic concerns by various European researchers. To answer this for the case of Iceland, responses to questions on the topic from two different surveys among local leaders are analysed. The main conclusion is that the general concerns stated by the above-mentioned researchers also seem to be present in the case of inter-municipal cooperation in Iceland. |
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Decision-making efficiency, accountability and democracy in inter-municipal cooperation arrangements: The case of Iceland |
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Decision-making efficiency, accountability and democracy in inter-municipal cooperation arrangements: The case of Iceland |
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