TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kuhlmann, Sabine
A1  - Heuberger, Moritz
T1  - Digital transformation going local
BT  - implementation, impacts and constraints from a German perspective
JF  - Public money & management
N2  - Digital government constitutes the most important trend of post-NPM reforms at the local level. Based on the results of a research project on local one-stop shops, this article analyses the current state of digitalization in German local authorities. The authors explain the hurdles of implementation as well as the impact on staff members and citizens, providing explanations and revealing general interrelations between institutional changes, impacts, and context factors of digital transformation.
KW  - administrative reforms
KW  - digital transformation
KW  - e-government
KW  - Germany
KW  - local government
Y1  - 2021
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2021.1939584
SN  - 0954-0962
SN  - 1467-9302
VL  - 43
IS  - 2
SP  - 147
EP  - 155
PB  - Taylor & Francis
CY  - Abingdon
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  -