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

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Steccolini, Ileana (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Jones, Martin, 1948- (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Saliterer, Iris (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017.
• Σειρά: Public policy and governance ; v. 27.
• Θέματα: Financial crises.; Local finance.; Education > Educational Policy & Reform > General.; Educational strategies & policy.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.