ABSTRACT

The remunicipalization literature posits that municipalities increasingly reject privatization in favor of in-house service delivery. A frequent interpretation is that remunicipalization therefore demonstrates a rejection of business-like service delivery in local public service delivery. We perform a systematic review of the literature on remunicipalization, to argue why this interpretation may be inaccurate. First, remunicipalization often involves corporatization, and these public corporations are very business-like. Second, cost savings are often at the root of remunicipalization rather than political ideology. We call for a more nuanced debate on remunicipalization in the literature.

摘要

再市政化文献认为，市政当局越来越多地拒绝私有化，转而支持内部服务提供。因此，一种常见的解释是，重新市政化表明在地方公共服务提供中拒绝商业化的服务提供。我们对重新城市化的文献进行了系统回顾，以论证为什么这种解释可能不准确。首先，再市政化通常涉及公司化，而这些公共公司非常商业化。其次，成本节约往往是重新城市化的根源，而不是政治意识形态。我们呼吁对文献中的重新城市化进行更细致的辩论。