State rescaling and local governments' austerity policies across the USA, 2001-2008

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 419-435

  Lobao, Linda M ^a   Adua, Lazarus ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

austerity policy; counties; local governments; neoliberal governance; public services; state rescaling

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; BUREAUCRACY; FINANCIAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NEOLIBERALISM; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 81855210987     PISSN: 17521378     EISSN: 17521386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cjres/rsr022     Document Type: Review

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