The Limits to Resilience? The Impact of Local Government Spending Cuts in London

Local Government Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 582-600

  Fitzgerald, Amanda ^a   Lupton, Ruth ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Austerity; local government; London; resilience; spending cuts

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84930572814     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2015.1040154     Document Type: Article

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