Coping with the Cuts? The Management of the Worst Financial Settlement in Living Memory

Local Government Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 601-621

  Hastings, Annette ^a   Bailey, Nick ^a   Gannon, Maria ^a   Besemer, Kirsten ^b   Bramley, Glen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Austerity; coalition; localism; poor communities

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COPING STRATEGY; FINANCIAL SERVICES; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; SURVIVAL;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84930573282     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2015.1036987     Document Type: Article

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