Governmental financial resilience : international perspectives on how local governments face austerity

This volume provides a unique insight into the ways local governments have maintained financial resilience in the face of the significant challenges posed by the era of austerity. Taking an international perspective, it provides an enlightening and practical analysis of the different capacities and...

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Other Authors Steccolini, Ileana (Editor), Jones, Martin, 1948- (Editor), Saliterer, Iris (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017.
SeriesPublic policy and governance ; v. 27.
Subjects
Financial crises.
Local finance.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781787142626
9781787149151
ISSN2053-7697 ;
DOI10.1108/S2053-7697201727
Physical Description1 online resource (viii, 247 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Prelims
  • Introduction: governments and crises
  • Austria: Building capacities versus resting on laurels
  • A tale of two jurisdictions: a focus on the effect of regulatory constraints on municipal resilience in Australia
  • Financial resilience in Brazilian municipalities
  • English resilience in the face of austerity
  • Resilience patterns of French Municipalities: a case study
  • A cushioned impact of the financial crisis: local government financial resilience in Germany
  • Financial resilience of Greek local governments
  • Patterns of financial resilience in Italian municipalities
  • Financial resilience: how Dutch cities have buffered and adapted to the financial crisis
  • Financial resilience: the Swedish case
  • Financial resilience at the root of the crisis: Michigan, U.S.
  • Conclusion
  • Index.

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