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Epistemic governance in local policy debates : The case of entitlement to early childhood education and care in Finland
2019
In Finland, children below school age have enjoyed the right to attend subsidised full-time early childhood education and care (ECEC). However, the attendance rate in Finland is low in comparison to other Nordic countries. Furthermore, the entitlement was restricted to 20 h per week in 2016 unless the child’s parents work or study full-time or unless it is believed that the child will benefit from full-time ECEC. The debates concerning restrictions in ECEC entitlement in three municipal councils serve as the data for this study. By using the framework of epistemic governance, we identify three differing constructions of the ECEC’s societal functions in the municipal policy debates. The simi…
Jatkuvuus ja muutosten hallinta : Hamina ja Lappeenranta Ruotsin ja Venäjän alaisuudessa 1720-1760-luvuilla
2012
Relationaalinen hyvinvointi kunnan toiminnan perustaksi?
2021
Shortcomings of New Public Management Ideology from the Power Perspective : Exploration of Power Relations in a Finnish Municipal Organization
2018
New public management (NPM) is perceived as a method for restoring the effectiveness of municipal organizations. In Finland, it is the main motivator for the reconstruction of municipal and state-driven public sectors. Our article explores the power relations created through implementing the NPM ideology, and how those power relations are constructed and renegotiated between office-holders and politicians in a Finnish municipal organization. We contribute to the NPM literature through an empirical study by introducing forms of power, including previously neglected concealed power. Typically, the informal rules of NPM, the administrative codex, and municipal politics are considered to deline…
Kestämättömät sopimukset : Muuramen, Savonlinnan ja Teuvan rauhallisuuteen vaikuttaneiden tekijöiden vertailua kesästä 1917 sisällissotaan 1918
2009
Role of the local government in provision of public goods : a case study of Bayandai district, Russian federation
2014
The local government is that level of government which is the most close to people (voters). Among all levels of government, it is the best informed about local needs and preferences. It should play significant role in the provision of local public goods. In this work it is studied how in practice the local government in the Russian Federation fulfills its tasks, namely what role the local government plays in the provision of educational and health services.
Local governance, decentralization and participation: Meta-governance perspectives - Introduction to the special issue
2013
This special issue features outstanding papers presented at the 14th annual scholarlyconference hosted by the Department of Public Administration – now RagnarNurkse School of Innovation and Governance – at Tallinn University of Technologyand the journal Halduskultuur – Administrative Culture on 27-28 April 2012 in Tallinn, Estonia. peerReviewed