This book provides a comparative analysis of the processes and impacts of austerity measures introduced in the field of Local Public Services (LPS) across Mediterranean Europe. The book describes and compares the trajectories of austerity, and the types of effects. It investigates how many (and what kind of) different responses were given to similar inputs and under the influence of what factors in order to understand if there are regularities in the way that the Mediterranean countries adopted and implemented the austerity measures and how these latter impacted on local government and LPS management and delivery. The book is a product of a sub network from the COST Action LocRef IS1207 and analyses seven countries (Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, Croatia, Cyprus and Albania).
1.Local Public Services in Times of Austerity. The Mediterranean Perspective.
Andrea Lippi, Theodore N. Tsekos
2.Importing or Constructing Austerity? Global Reforms and Local Implementation as a Case of Policy Transfer.
Andrea Lippi, Theodore N. Tsekos
3.Greek Municipalities Before and During the Austerity Era: Imposed policies, Local Resistances and Unsuccessful Reforms
Theodore N. Tsekos, Nikos K. Hlepas
4.The Biggest Loser? Local Public Services under Austerity Measures in Portugal
Patricia Silva, Filipe Teles
5.Spanish Local Government and the Austerity Plan: in the Eye of the Perfect Storm
Carmen Navarro, Esther Pano Puey
6.In the Shadow of Austerity. Italian Local Public Services and the Politics of Budget Cuts
Giulio Citroni, Andrea Lippi, Stefania Profeti
7.Austerity Measures and Local Public Services in Cyprus: Coping with Old and New Challenges and ReinforlÓÈ
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