TY - JOUR A1 - Bergström, Tomas A1 - Franzke, Jochen A1 - Kuhlmann, Sabine A1 - Wayenberg, Ellen T1 - Future Outlook and Scenarios JF - The Future of Local Self-Government : European Trends in Autonomy, Innovations and Central-Local Relations N2 - Where is local self-government heading in the future? Among trends identified is firstly an intensification of multilevel, intermunicipal, and cross-border governance. In the future even more of cooperation and coordination among different political and administrative levels will be required. Territorial boundaries have become increasingly incongruent with functional public activities. Secondly, the innovative potential of introducing markets as templates for organisational reform has reached its end. Future reforms will most likely try to adapt market reforms to local public contexts, or even reverse the development. Finally, a tightening of state steering and an increased dependence on state funding to uphold local services is expected. Waves of amalgamations might slow down this process but they will not make financial problems disappear completely. KW - Local self-government KW - Governance KW - Organisational reform KW - Dependence KW - Amalgamations KW - Financial problems Y1 - 2021 SN - 978-3-030-56058-4 SN - 978-3-030-56059-1 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56059-1_20 SP - 227 EP - 286 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bergström, Tomas A1 - Kuhlmann, Sabine A1 - Laffin, Martin A1 - Wayenberg, Ellen T1 - Special issue on comparative intergovernmental relations and the pandemic BT - how European devolved governments responded to a public health crisis JF - Local government studies N2 - This introduction and the special issue are a contribution to comparative intergovernmental studies and public administration. This introduction provides an analytical overview of the intergovernmental relations policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic across ten European countries, focussing on the early waves of the disease. These policy responses are analysed in terms of three types of IGR process: (1) a predominantly multi-layered policy process involving limited conflict, (2) a centralised policy process as the central government attempts to suppress conflict and (3) a conflicted policy process where such attempts are contested and tend to contribute to poor policy outcomes. The conclusion, then, reviews the difficulties and trade-offs involved in attaining a balanced multi-layered, intergovernmental process. KW - intergovernmental relations KW - pandemic comparative KW - government comparative KW - public policy Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2022.2039636 SN - 0300-3930 SN - 1743-9388 VL - 48 IS - 2 SP - 179 EP - 190 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bogumil, Jörg A1 - Holtkamp, Lars A1 - Kißler, Leo A1 - Kuhlmann, Sabine A1 - Reichard, Christoph A1 - Schneider, Karsten A1 - Wollmann, Hellmut T1 - Konsequenzen aus der Evaluation des neune Steuerungsmodells Y1 - 2007 SN - 978-3-8360-7230-0 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bogumil, Jörg A1 - Kuhlmann, Sabine T1 - Digitale Transformation in deutschen Kommunen BT - das Beispiel der Bürgerämter und was man daraus lernen kann JF - Die Verwaltung N2 - Deutschland landet in europäischen Rankings zur Verwaltungsdigitalisierung regelmäßig im hinteren Mittelfeld. Die bisherige Bilanz der Digitalisierung für die deutsche öffentliche Verwaltung ist trotz verstärkter Anstrengungen aller föderaler Ebenen, wie sie insbesondere in der Umsetzung des Onlinezugangsgesetzes (OZG) zum Ausdruck kommen, nach wie vor als eher ernüchternd einzuschätzen. Vor diesem Hintergrund beschäftigt sich der vorliegende Beitrag mit der Umsetzung, den Hürden und ausgewählten Wirkungsaspekten der Verwaltungsdigitalisierung auf kommunaler Ebene. Die empirische Basis bildet eine 2019 abgeschlossene Studie zur digitalen Transformation in einem Schlüsselbereich bürgerbezogener Leistungserbringung, den städtischen Bürgerämtern, welche die am meisten nachgefragten kommunalen Dienstleistungen bereitstellen. Aus der Analyse lassen sich wichtige Erkenntnisse für die zukünftige Entwicklung der Digitalisierung öffentlicher Leistungserbringung in Deutschland ableiten. N2 - Germany regularly lands in the lower midfield of European public administration digitalization rankings. Despite increased efforts at all levels of government, particularly in implementing the so-called Online Access Act (OZG), the digitalization record of the German administration continues to be rather sobering. Against this background, the following article analyses the practice, hurdles and selected effects of digitalization at the local level of government. It draws on data obtained from an empirical study carried out by the authors in 2019. The study investigated the digital transformation in local one-stop shops, a key area of citizen-related service provision which deliver the local public services most frequently requested by citizens. Based on our analysis, we draw some important conclusions regarding the future developments of the digital transformation in German public service provision. Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3790/verw.54.1.105 SN - 0042-4498 SN - 1865-5211 VL - 54 IS - 1 SP - 105 EP - 132 PB - Duncker & Humblot CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bogumil, Jörg A1 - Kuhlmann, Sabine T1 - Wirkungen lokaler Verwaltungsreformen : Möglichkeiten und Probleme der Performanzevaluation Y1 - 2006 SN - 3-89404-776-3 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bonomi Savignon, Andrea A1 - Meneguzzo, Marco A1 - Kuhlmann, Sabine A1 - Cepiku, Denita T1 - Guest editorial: Interinstitutional performance management BT - theory and practice of performance indicators at organizational boundaries JF - International journal of public sector management : IJPSM Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPSM-03-2021-0057 SN - 0951-3558 SN - 1758-6666 VL - 34 IS - 3 SP - 241 EP - 246 PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited CY - Bingley ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bouckaert, Geert A1 - Galli, Davide A1 - Kuhlmann, Sabine A1 - Reiter, Renate A1 - van Hecke, Steven T1 - European coronationalism? BT - a hot spot governing a pandemic crisis JF - Public administration review N2 - The COVID-19 crisis has shown that European countries remain poorly prepared for dealing and coping with health crises and for responding in a coordinated way to a severe influenza pandemic. Within the European Union, the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has a striking diversity in its approach. By focusing on Belgium, France, Germany, and Italy—countries that represent different models of administrative systems in Europe—the analysis shows that major similarities and convergences have become apparent from a cross-country perspective. Moreover, coping with the crisis has been first and foremost an issue of the national states, whereas the European voice has been weak. Hence, the countries’ immediate responses appear to be corona-nationalistic, which we label “coronationalism.” This essay shows the extent to which the four countries adopted different crisis management strategies and which factors explain this variance, with a special focus on their institutional settings and administrative systems. Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13242 SN - 0033-3352 SN - 1540-6210 VL - 80 IS - 5 SP - 765 EP - 773 PB - Wiley-Blackwell CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ebinger, Falk A1 - Kuhlmann, Sabine A1 - Bogumil, Jörg T1 - Territorial reforms in Europe BT - effects on administrative performance and democratic participation JF - Local government studies N2 - Territorial reform is the most radical and contested reorganisation of local government. A sound evaluation of the outcome of such reforms is hence an important step to ensure the legitimation of any decision on the subject. However, in our view the discourse on the subject appears to be one sided, focusing primarily on overall fiscal effects scrutinised by economists. The contribution of this paper is hence threefold: Firstly, we provide an overview off territorial reforms in Europe, with a special focus on Eastern Germany as a promising case for cross-country comparisons. Secondly, we provide an overview of the analytical classifications of these reforms and context factors to be considered in their evaluation. And thirdly, we analyse the literature on qualitative performance effects of these reforms. The results show that territorial reforms have a significant positive impact on functional performance, while the effects on participation and integration are indeed ambivalent. In doing so, we provide substantial arguments for a broader, more inclusive discussion on the success of territorial reforms. KW - Municipal amalgamation effects KW - territorial reform KW - municipal mergers KW - local government performance KW - administrative reforms Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2018.1530660 SN - 0300-3930 SN - 1743-9388 VL - 45 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 23 PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group CY - Abingdon ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heinelt, Hubert A1 - Hlepas, Nikos A1 - Kuhlmann, Sabine A1 - Swianiewicz, Pawel T1 - Local Government Systems BT - Grasping the Institutional Environment of Mayors JF - Political Leaders and Changing Local Democracy N2 - This chapter looks for main differences among local government systems as well as similarities among them. This has been done by the authors with the aim to grasp the institutional setting in which mayors have to act. The authors did it by updating and extending existing typologies and indices of local government systems. Nevertheless, an extension was first of all necessary with respect to vertical power relations because previous typologies considering them took neither the local government systems in Eastern and Central Europe nor the changes in the Western part of the continent into account. Furthermore, reflections about typologies are extended to the present one on public administration at the municipal level. All this have been underpinned by statistical data, the recent work on a ‘Local Autonomy Index’ (LAI; see Ladner et al. Measuring Autonomy in 39 Countries (1990–2014), Regional and Federal Studies, 26, 321–357, 2016) and information collected by the partners involved in the survey. KW - Typologies of local government systems KW - types of municipal administration KW - Local Autonomy Index Y1 - 2017 SN - 978-3-319-67410-0 SN - 978-3-319-67409-4 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67410-0_2 SP - 19 EP - 78 PB - Palgrave CY - Basingstoke ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jann, Werner A1 - Bogumil, Jörg A1 - Bouckaert, Geert A1 - Budäus, Dietrich A1 - Holtkamp, Lars A1 - Kißler, Leo A1 - Kuhlmann, Sabine A1 - Mezger, Erika A1 - Reichard, Christoph A1 - Wollmann, Hellmut T1 - Status-Report Verwaltungsreform : eine Zwischenbilanz nach zehn Jahren JF - Modernisierung des öffentlichen Sektors Y1 - 2004 SN - 3-89404-744-5 VL - 24 PB - Ed. Sigma CY - Berlin ER -