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Managing Nordic Local Governments

Paradoxes and Challenges of the Municipal Chief Executive Officer

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  • Jul 2024
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Editors:
  1. Eva Marín Hlynsdóttir

    1. Department of Political Science, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland

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  2. Morten Balle Hansen

    1. Department of Political Science, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

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  3. Anna Cregard

    1. Depart of Work Life and Social Welfare, University of Borås, Borås, Sweden

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  4. Dag Olaf Torjesen

    1. Department of Political Science, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway

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  5. Siv Sandberg

    1. Faculty of Social Sciences, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

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  • Examines the roles of municipal chief executives in the Nordic states
  • Fills an important gap in existing scholarship on leadership and sub-national governance
  • Compares evidence from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden
  • This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance (PSSNG)

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Keywords

  • local management
  • Nordic local government
  • council manager
  • local leadership
  • sub-national governance
  • municipal chief executive
  • Open Access

About this book

This open access book examines the roles of municipal chief executive officers in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Whilst it has long been recognised that local authorities in these countries are often more autonomous than most other local authorities around the world, we still lack an integrated overview of leadership in Nordic local government, and the development of its top administrative management. This book ameliorates this lack of knowledge by providing a thorough, extensive and updated assessment of the role of municipal chief executive officers in the five Nordic states, as well as their interactions and relations with internal and external actors. Comparative in nature, it will appeal to all those interested in local and urban governance, public administration, public management, and leadership studies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political Science, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland

    Eva Marín Hlynsdóttir

  • Department of Political Science, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

    Morten Balle Hansen

  • Depart of Work Life and Social Welfare, University of Borås, Borås, Sweden

    Anna Cregard

  • Department of Political Science, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway

    Dag Olaf Torjesen

  • Faculty of Social Sciences, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

    Siv Sandberg

About the editors

Eva Marín Hlynsdóttir is Professor of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Iceland.

Morten Balle Hansen is Professor in Public Management, SDU University and Director of the Research program in Management, UCL University College, Denmark

Anna Cregård is Associate Professor in the Department of Work Life and Social Welfare, University of Borås, Sweden.

Dag Olaf Torjesen is Professor in the Department of Political Science and Management, University of Agder, Norway.

Siv Sandberg is Lecturer in Public Administration at Åbo Akademi University, Finland.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Managing Nordic Local Governments

  • Book Subtitle: Paradoxes and Challenges of the Municipal Chief Executive Officer

  • Editors: Eva Marín Hlynsdóttir, Morten Balle Hansen, Anna Cregard, Dag Olaf Torjesen, Siv Sandberg

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-60068-5Due: 08 August 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-60071-5Due: 08 August 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-60069-2Due: 08 August 2024

  • Series ISSN: 2523-8248

  • Series E-ISSN: 2523-8256

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Illustrations: 45 b/w illustrations

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