Weathering the perfect storm austerity and institutional resilience in local government

Policy and politics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 533-549

  Lowndes, Vivien ^a   Mccaughie, Kerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Austerity; Institutional change; Local government; Resilience

Indexed keywords

BUDGET DEFICIT; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EID: 84884970338     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: 14708442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557312X655747     Document Type: Article

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