DDI description: Finnish Local Government Barometer 1995: Municipal Managers, Chairmen of Municipal Executive Boards DDI-kuvailu: Kunnallisalan ilmapuntari 1995: kunnanjohtajat, kunnanhallitusten puheenjohtajat 1137 Finnish Social Science Data Archive Finnish Social Science Data Archive Finnish Social Science Data Archive 2.0.0 Finnish Local Government Barometer 1995: Municipal Managers, Chairmen of Municipal Executive Boards [metadata]. Metadata version 2.0.0 (2018-08-13). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [producer and distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd1137; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1137 FSD:n aineistokuvailut (FSD metadata records), joiden tekijä on Suomen yhteiskuntatieteellinen tietoarkisto (Finnish Social Science Data Archive), on lisensoitu Creative Commons 1.0 Yleismaailmallinen (CC0 1.0) -lisenssillä. FSD:n aineistokuvailut (FSD metadata records) by Suomen yhteiskuntatieteellinen tietoarkisto (Finnish Social Science Data Archive) are licensed under a Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) license. FSD:n aineistokuvailut (FSD metadata records) av Finlands samhällsvetenskapliga dataarkiv (Finnish Social Science Data Archive) är licensierade under en Creative Commons 1.0 Universiell (CC0 1.0) licens. Finnish Local Government Barometer 1995: Municipal Managers, Chairmen of Municipal Executive Boards Kunnallisalan ilmapuntari 1995: kunnanjohtajat, kunnanhallitusten puheenjohtajat 1137 urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1137 10.60686/t-fsd1137 Foundation for Municipal Development Foundation for Municipal Development In accordance with the agreement between FSD and the depositor. Finnish Social Science Data Archive Finnish Local Government Barometers

The Foundation for Municipal Development conducts annual surveys covering opinions on local (municipal) democracy, local government, local economy and services. Respondents are generally local inhabitants, municipal managers and the chairpersons of municipal boards. The data enable comparison between the opinions of the inhabitants on the one hand, and the managers and chairpersons on the other. The surveys also study municipal managers' views on the policies of the Government of Finland and the functionality of local co-operation. The survey series was launched in 1992. The FSD collections cover data from 1992 to 2010.

 2.0 Foundation for Municipal Development: Finnish Local Government Barometer 1995: Municipal Managers, Chairmen of Municipal Executive Boards [dataset]. Data version 2.0 (2018-08-13). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd1137; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1137 local finance public sector privatization local taxation subsidies social economy consolidation of municipalities municipalities municipal managers municipal government local government public services Social sciences Elites and leadership Government, political systems and organisations

The survey studied the opinions of municipal leaders (municipal managers and chairpersons of municipal executive boards) on how to improve municipal finances. The respondents evaluated how acceptable and effective certain measures would be: e.g. borrowing, increasing taxes, cutting or privatizing services, introducing service fees, delaying investments, accountability in municipal institutions, reducing salaries, laying off/reducing staff, and reducing governmental control.

The respondents were asked to what extent they agreed with a number of statements relating to municipal finances, services and taxation, the number and size of municipalities, efficiency of municipal staff, relations between the government and municipalities, etc. Opinions on which municipal services could be cut were charted. One question asked about changes in the services over the past two years. The respondents were also asked which of the services currently provided by municipalities could be left to other bodies (governmental or non-governmental organisations, private enterprises, or citizens themselves).

Some questions covered to what extent various operators influence municipal decision-making (e.g. municipal managers, banks, enterprises, parties, trade unions, the church) and whether certain operators have too much or too little influence. The respondents also rated the usefulness of some national and regional bodies in the development of their municipalities. Opinions on governmental control and regional administration were charted. Finally, the respondents evaluated media reporting on municipal issues.

Background variables include the respondent's sex, status in municipal administration, municipality size, and province.

 Finland Finland Individual Individual Managers of Finnish municipalities and chairpersons of municipal executive boards Swedish-speaking municipalities Quantitative Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section Longitudinal.TrendRepeatedCrossSection Gallup Finland Total universe/Complete enumeration TotalUniverseCompleteEnumeration Self-administered questionnaire: Paper SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire.Paper Structured questionnaire Questionnaire.Structured There are no weight variables in the data. Municipal managers: 82 Chairpersons of municipal executive boards: 59 Detailed and specific data description in Finnish and English. The data are checked and processed in detail. If necessary, the data are anonymised. Finnish Social Science Data Archive The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study. The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication. Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi. The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data. Blomberg, Helena & Kroll, Christian (1999). Who wants to preserve the "Scandinavian welfare state"? Attitudes to welfare services among the citizens and local government elites in Finland 1992-96. In: The end of welfare state? Responses to state retrenchment (eds. Svallfors, S. & Taylor-Gooby, P.). London: Routledge. ESA studies in European Society. Who wants to preserve the "Scandinavian welfare state"? Attitudes to welfare services among the citizens and local government elites in Finland 1992-96 Blomberg, Helena & Kroll, Christian (2003). Kuntalaiset, paikalliset päättäjät ja hyvinvointipalvelut 1990-luvulla. Teoksessa: Laman varjo ja nousun huuma (toim. Olli Kangas). Helsinki: Kansaneläkelaitos. Sosiaali- ja terveysturvan tutkimuksia; 72. Kuntalaiset, paikalliset päättäjät ja hyvinvointipalvelut 1990-luvulla Kansalaismielipide ja kunnat: ilmapuntari 1995 (1995). Helsinki: Kunnallisalan kehittämissäätiö. Polemia-sarja; 13. Kansalaismielipide ja kunnat: ilmapuntari 1995 Sandberg, Siv (2015). Den seglivade kommundirektörsmakten. Lokalpolitiskt ledarskap i Finland. I: Lokalpolitisk lederskap i Norden, Redaktører: Nils Aarsæther og Knut H. Mikalsen. Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag AS. Den seglivade kommundirektörsmakten. Lokalpolitiskt ledarskap i Finland