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Local government reform is a continuing process both in Europe and beyond. Not only are European countries experiencing an ongoing political and academic debate about the most suitable approach to local government reform; in many countries such reforms have been implemented some time ago. As Wright (1997: 8) pointed out fifteen years ago, ‘public sector reform is in fashion and no self-respecting government can afford to ignore it’. This was not only true for the 1990s, but is still true today. The NPM (New Public Management) paradigm has taken the role of the leading concept for administrative modernisation in numerous European countries and has triggered many real reform initiatives (Pollitt and Bouckaert 2004). It is beyond dispute that local government is targeted by its ‘parent systems’ in higher levels of government with NPM inspired reforms.
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Krapp, MC., Pleschberger, W., Egner, B. (2013). Local councillors and administrative reforms. In: Egner, B., Sweeting, D., Klok, PJ. (eds) Local Councillors in Europe. Urban and Regional Research International, vol 14. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-01857-3_12
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