Public-Private Partnerships: Infrastructure Transportation and Local Services

<p>Public–private partnerships (PPPs) are arrangements between government and private actors with the objective of providing public infrastructure facilities and services. Three fundamental questions frame the use of PPPs at the local level: What do PPPs look like? What gives rise to the use of PPPs? And what are the outcomes of PPPs? The articles in this book provide insightful answers to these questions. In addition the contributions in the book identify lines of research that invite further investigation namely: problems related to the degree of risk transfer; the challenges posed by renegotiation; and evaluation of PPPs’ results. The content of this book will be of interest for scholars policy analysts and policy makers.</p><p></p><p>This book was published as a special issue of <em>Local Government Studies</em>.</p>