Pragmatic municipalism or austerity urbanism? Understanding local government responses to fiscal stress

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Pragmatic municipalism or austerity urbanism? Understanding local government responses to fiscal stress

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Pragmatic municipalism or austerity urbanism? Understanding local government responses to fiscal stress

Yunji Kim¹, Mildred E. Warner²•Institutions (2)

Seoul National University¹, Cornell University²

04 Mar 2021-Local Government Studies (Routledge)-Vol. 47, Iss: 2, pp 234-252

TL;DR: In this article, two contrasting views are found in the literature: "austerity urbanism" and "praglandic urbanism", and they are compared in the context of local government responses to the Great Recession.

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Abstract: While national governments responded to the Great Recession with austerity, local government responses were varied. Two contrasting views are found in the literature: ‘austerity urbanism’ and ‘prag...

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Women and austerity: the economic crisis and the future for gender equality

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Helen Davies¹•Institutions (1)

Teesside University¹

27 Aug 2014-Journal of Gender Studies

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors debate the gendering of this recession and suggest that a man-cession is the cause of the economic slowdown. But, the response from North America suggested that a'man-cession' was not the cause.

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Abstract: Shortly after the financial crisis hit the USA and Europe in 2008, commentators started to debate the gendering of this recession. Initial response from North America suggested that a ‘man-cession’...

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A Plague on Your Houses: How New York Was Burned Down and National Public Health Crumbled

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The Provision of Public Services in Europe: Between State, Local Government and Market

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Ricardo Corrêa Gomes¹•Institutions (1)

University of Brasília¹

13 Jun 2011-Public Management Review

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Privatization and intermunicipal cooperation in US local government services: balancing fiscal stress, need and political interests

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Mildred E. Warner¹, Austin M. Aldag¹, Yunji Kim²•Institutions (2)

Cornell University¹, Seoul National University²

02 Sep 2021-Public Management Review

TL;DR: The 2007-2008 Global Financial Crisis renewed interest in New Public Management tools as mentioned in this paper, and Privatization and intermunicipal cooperation are the two most common forms of service delivery reforms among U...

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Abstract: The 2007–2008 Global Financial Crisis renewed interest in New Public Management tools. Privatization and intermunicipal cooperation are the two most common forms of service delivery reforms among U...

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...In short, do we see convergence on an austerity response (Blyth 2013; Peck 2014) reflected in US local government actions or do we see a more balanced approach (Kim and Warner 2016, 2020; Warner, Aldag and Kim 2020), as we look across a national sample of local governments?...
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...US local governments are managing these environmental pressures in pragmatic ways (Kim and Warner 2020; O’Toole and Meier 2010) by using both privatization and cooperation....
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Pragmatic Municipalism: U.S. Local Government Responses to Fiscal Stress

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Mildred E. Warner¹, Austin M. Aldag¹, Yunji Kim²•Institutions (2)

Cornell University¹, Seoul National University²

01 May 2021-Public Administration Review

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A Pure Theory of Local Expenditures

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Charles M. Tiebout

01 Oct 1956-Journal of Political Economy

TL;DR: The authors show that the Musgrave-Samuelson analysis, which is valid for federal expenditures, need not apply to local expenditures, and restate the assumptions made by Musgrave and Samuelson and the central problems with which they deal.

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Abstract: NE of the most important recent developments in the area of "applied economic theory" has been the work of Musgrave and Samuelson in public finance theory.2 The two writers agree on what is probably the major point under investigation, namely, that no "market type" solution exists to determine the level of expenditures on public goods. Seemingly, we are faced with the problem of having a rather large portion of our national income allocated in a "non-optimal" way when compared with the private sector. This discussion will show that the Musgrave-Samuelson analysis, which is valid for federal expenditures, need not apply to local expenditures. The plan of the discussion is first to restate the assumptions made by Musgrave and Samuelson and the central problems with which they deal. After looking at a key difference between the federal versus local cases, I shall present a simple model. This model yields a solution for the level of expenditures for local public goods which reflects the preferences of the population more adequately than they can be reflected at the national level. The assumptions of the model will then be relaxed to see what implications are involved. Finally, policy considerations will be discussed.

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...Local governments also face a competitive inter-local landscape regarding the mix of taxes and services (Tiebout 1956)....
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A Behavioral Theory of the Firm.

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Martin Shubik, Richard M. Cyert, James G. March

01 Mar 1965-Journal of the American Statistical Association

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...For example, they argued environmental stress will push organisations to search for solutions to cope, leading to innovation (Cyert and March 1963; March and Simon 1958)....
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The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community, and Everyday Life

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Richard Florida

01 Mar 2004

TL;DR: The Rise of the Creative Class as mentioned in this paper describes a society in which the creative ethos is increasingly dominant, with the result that our values and tastes, our personal relationships, our choices of where to live, and even our sense and use of time are changing.

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Abstract: The national bestseller that defines a new economic class and shows how it is key to the future of our cities. The Washington Monthly 2002 Annual Political Book Award WinnerThe Rise of the Creative Class gives us a provocative new way to think about why we live as we do today-and where we might be headed. Weaving storytelling with masses of new and updated research, Richard Florida traces the fundamental theme that runs through a host of seemingly unrelated changes in American society: the growing role of creativity in our economy. Just as William Whyte's 1956 classic The Organization Man showed how the organizational ethos of that age permeated every aspect of life, Florida describes a society in which the creative ethos is increasingly dominant. Millions of us are beginning to work and live much as creative types like artists and scientists always have-with the result that our values and tastes, our personal relationships, our choices of where to live, and even our sense and use of time are changing. Leading the shift are the nearly 38 million Americans in many diverse fields who create for a living-the Creative Class. The Rise of the Creative Class chronicles the ongoing sea of change in people's choices and attitudes, and shows not only what's happening but also how it stems from a fundamental economic change. The Creative Class now comprises more than thirty percent of the entire workforce. Their choices have already had a huge economic impact. In the future they will determine how the workplace is organized, what companies will prosper or go bankrupt, and even which cities will thrive or wither.

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...US community development policy has become more competition based, building in part on city boosterism proposals by popular scholars like Porter (1995), Glaeser (2011), and Florida (2002)....
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Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place

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John R. Logan, Harvey Molotch

01 Feb 1987

TL;DR: A sociological classic is updated with a new preface by the authors looking at developments in the study of urban planning during the twenty-year life of this influential work as discussed by the authors.

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Abstract: This sociological classic is updated with a new preface by the authors looking at developments in the study of urban planning during the twenty-year life of this influential work.

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...Cities have been thought of as growth machines for a long time (Logan and Molotch 1987), and scholars have found support for post-growth machines in the sense that US localities try to balance the goals of growth and social equity (Lobao and Adua 2011; Xu and Warner 2016)....
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Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea

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Mark Blyth

01 Jan 2013

TL;DR: Austerity is the order of the day in Europe, but Professor Mark Blyth argues that austerity is a very dangerous idea and does not work as mentioned in this paper, arguing that all we do is shrink the economy.

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Abstract: Austerity is the order of the day in Europe, but Professor Mark Blyth argues that austerity is a very dangerous idea and does not work. While it makes sense for any one state to try and cut its way to growth, it simply cannot work when all states try it simultaneously: all we do is shrink the economy. Presenter: Paul Barclay Guest: Mark Blyth Professor of International Political Economy at Brown University

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"Pragmatic municipalism or austerity..." refers background in this paper

...While national responses around the globe have converged on austerity (Blyth 2013; Peters 2012; Taylor-Gooby 2011) with negative effects on welfare and equity (Hastings et al. 2017; Karamessini and Rubery 2014; Webb and Bywaters 2018), different state-local relations yield different local…...
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