What is it about?

The purpose of this paper is to clarify the relationship between administrative reform in Portugal and the impacts on the dependence of local governments in the face of budgetary resources of state and local municipal revenue collection, which is understood as a form, among others, participation civil society in local public policies.

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Why is it important?

Due to the chosen research approach, the results cannot be generalized. A comparative study between several countries could bring several interesting insights. The paper includes implications for economic and social development of new public policies in the context of administrative reforms. This paper makes several theoretical and empirical contributions to this research field especially about local public manager’s decisions for financial resources transfers within the active policy of sustainable local development.

Perspectives

The paper provides empirical insights into how the increased participation of civil society in local public policies is associated with less reliance on state budgets and a greater number of local managerial structures.

Prof. Alvaro Dias
ISCTE-Instituto Universitario de Lisboa

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This page is a summary of: Administrative reforms and performance of local public policies, International Journal of Public Sector Management, August 2014, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/ijpsm-07-2012-0091.
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