Managing Cities in Austerity
Urban Fiscal Stress in Ten Western Countries
1st Edition
Published on 24. December 1991
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-8039-8632-9 (ISBN)
Description
Why are some cities going broke while others prosper? This study of the failures and successes of city management offers new insights into how to manage cities effectively in today's economic climate.
Managing Cities in Austerity fills a major gap in the literature on urban policy-making and comparative public policy. The product of one of the largest comparative social science research projects ever undertaken, the Fiscal Austerity and Urban Innovation project, it maintains a genuinely comparative approach. An international team of authors applies a coherent set of concepts about fiscal austerity to over 2,500 local governments in ten Western countries. Most significantly, survey and hard fiscal data are merged not only at city but at national level.
Managing Cities in Austerity fills a major gap in the literature on urban policy-making and comparative public policy. The product of one of the largest comparative social science research projects ever undertaken, the Fiscal Austerity and Urban Innovation project, it maintains a genuinely comparative approach. An international team of authors applies a coherent set of concepts about fiscal austerity to over 2,500 local governments in ten Western countries. Most significantly, survey and hard fiscal data are merged not only at city but at national level.
Reviews / Votes
`This is a good book which any serious researcher on comparative urban politics should read' - Progress in Human Geography`This is an impressive and successful effort at comparative urban analysis...an excellent overview...This is a very important volume, carrying comparative urban research to a new level of excellence. The editors and authors are to be highly commended.' - Urban Studies
`a well-constructed and well-argued book, which highlights a number of key questions, while also managing to answer a few... a thought-provoking and stimulating book.' - Local Government Studies
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
390 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-8632-9 (9780803986329)
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Content
Series Editors' Introduction - Terry Nichols Clark
PART ONE: THE CONTEXT
Introduction - Poul Erik Mouritzen
The Structure of Local Government - Michael Goldsmith
RT TWO
THE FISCAL CRISIS AND ITS CAUSES
What is a Fiscal Crisis? - Poul Erik Mouritzen
Was There a Fiscal Crisis? - Poul Erik Mouritzen and Kurt Houlberg Nielsen
Fiscal Stress and Central-Local Relations - Harold Wolman et al
The Critical Role of Government Grants
RT THREE
LEADERS AND POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTS
Choosing the Budget Size - Richard Balme
Mayors' Spending Preferences in a Cross-National Perspective
Fiscal Stress and Local Political Environments - Harald Baldersheim
RT FOUR
RESPONSES TO FISCAL STRESS
Fiscal Changes and Policy Responses - Norman Walzer, Warren Jones and Hakon Magnusson
A Comparison of Ten Countries
Choosing Fiscal Austerity Strategies - Norman Walzer et al
Municipal Employees and Personnel Policies - Vincent Hoffmann-Martinot
A Comparison of Seven Countries
Professional Management and Innovation - Stephen C Brooks
RT FIVE
PERSPECTIVES
Money, Politics or Structure? - Poul Erik Mouritzen and Ari Yl[um]onen
PART ONE: THE CONTEXT
Introduction - Poul Erik Mouritzen
The Structure of Local Government - Michael Goldsmith
RT TWO
THE FISCAL CRISIS AND ITS CAUSES
What is a Fiscal Crisis? - Poul Erik Mouritzen
Was There a Fiscal Crisis? - Poul Erik Mouritzen and Kurt Houlberg Nielsen
Fiscal Stress and Central-Local Relations - Harold Wolman et al
The Critical Role of Government Grants
RT THREE
LEADERS AND POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTS
Choosing the Budget Size - Richard Balme
Mayors' Spending Preferences in a Cross-National Perspective
Fiscal Stress and Local Political Environments - Harald Baldersheim
RT FOUR
RESPONSES TO FISCAL STRESS
Fiscal Changes and Policy Responses - Norman Walzer, Warren Jones and Hakon Magnusson
A Comparison of Ten Countries
Choosing Fiscal Austerity Strategies - Norman Walzer et al
Municipal Employees and Personnel Policies - Vincent Hoffmann-Martinot
A Comparison of Seven Countries
Professional Management and Innovation - Stephen C Brooks
RT FIVE
PERSPECTIVES
Money, Politics or Structure? - Poul Erik Mouritzen and Ari Yl[um]onen