Competitive Contracting for Public Services: A Comparison of Policies and Implementation in Denmark and Sweden

Authors

  • Karin Bryntse
  • Carsten Greve

Abstract

This article compares and analyzes the paths of development of competitive contracting for public services in two Scandinavian countries, Denmark and Sweden. The Scandinavian welfare states have for a long time been dominated politically by Social Democratic Parties in government, emphasizing the virtues of in-house delivery of public services. The impression could be that little or no contracting is taking place. To the contrary, both countries have a long history of contracting for public services and have also been debating and implementing policies of competitive contracting since the 1980s.

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Bryntse, K., & Greve, C. (2014). Competitive Contracting for Public Services: A Comparison of Policies and Implementation in Denmark and Sweden. International Public Management Review, 3(1), 1–21. Retrieved from https://ipmr.net/index.php/ipmr/article/view/192

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2002)

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