Edited by Jarmo Vakkuri, Professor of Local Public Economics, Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University, Finland and visiting Professor at Norwegian School of Economics, Norway, Jan-Erik Johanson, Professor of Administrative Science, Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University, Finland, Rómulo Pinheiro, Professor of Public Policy and Administration, University of Agder, Norway and Tero Erkkilä, Professor of Political Science, University of Helsinki, Finland