From municipalisation to centralism: Changes to local public service delivery in Hungary

Horváth M., Tamás (2016) From municipalisation to centralism: Changes to local public service delivery in Hungary. In: Public and Social Services in Europe. From Public and Municipal to Private Sector Provision. Governance and Public Management . Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 185-199. ISBN 978-1-137-57498-5

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Abstract

Over the last quarter of a century the system of local government in Hungary has passed through several phases, from ‘Goulash communism’, through radical system change, to crises and ‘illiberal democracy’. A cross-sector analysis of developments in Hungary may provide a relatively extreme example of recent trends in the development of local government and local services in Europe; countries are trying to implement clearly defined models, notwithstanding the obstacles they encounter. The basic research underpinning this study is intended to provide a more or less complete account of developments in management of local services including public works and social services.

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