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Pragmatic municipalism or austerity urbanism? Understanding local government responses to fiscal stress
Yunji Kim,Mildred E. Warner +1 more
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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.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...read more
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Women and austerity: the economic crisis and the future for gender equality
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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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Privatization and intermunicipal cooperation in US local government services: balancing fiscal stress, need and political interests
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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City power: urban governance in a global age
TL;DR: This paper argued that urban governance is an oxymoron and that cities cannot govern and that urban policy merely reflects external economic and political forces, and argued that "urban governance" is an illusion.
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Austerity urbanism: Rescaling and collaborative governance policies in Athens:
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the urban politics of austerity in Greece, paying particular attention to "local collaboration" and identify a direct link between austerity-oriented preoccupations and the introduction of territorial regulatory experimentations that rest heavily on local-level collaboration and competitiveness.
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A Policy Outcomes Comparison: Does SIB Market Discipline Narrow Social Rights?
Allison E. Tse,Mildred E. Warner +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the outcomes-based management schemes in social impact bonds simplify social impact and often ignore the complex ecosystem of more powerful actors that contribute to social impact.
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The crisis as opportunity? On the role of the Troika in constructing the European consolidation state
TL;DR: The authors examined the extent to which the Troika transferred neoliberal policies onto Greece and Ireland, and found that Greece proved more resilient to attempts to transfer policy than Ireland in terms of the ideological gap between the policies and those embedded in the peripheral country.
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Starving counties, squeezing cities: tax and expenditure limits in the US
TL;DR: In this article, the authors created a 50 state Tax and Expenditure Limits (TEL) severity index by government type, where counties and municipalities differ in their revenue structure and economic functions.