The study of cutback management at the state and local levels, or the management of
resources in times of fiscal decline, has evolved since its inception in the 1970s. Throughout …

The global financial and economic crisis that hit Western countries between 2007 and 2008
has generated an extensive literature. Several policy responses are now recognized, based …

How effective are public managers as they seek to influence how public organizations
deliver policy results? How, and how much, is management related to the performance of …

Since the Great Recession, some have argued that local governments have become
'austerity machines' that cut and privatize services and undermine unions. We conducted a …

This book offers an overview of the legal, political, and broad intergovernmental
environment in which relations between local and state units of government take place, the …

Studies of the recent financial crisis have been largely dominated by economists, but the
similarities and differences between European countries' response reflect both economic …

Do negative budgetary shocks reduce performance in public organizations? If so, by how
much and in terms of which criteria? Are public managers able to make internal …

This study reports the findings of a comparative case study analysis of sixteen US
municipalities to provide an in-depth examination of the choices municipal leaders are …

The eight states in the Mid-Atlantic region used a variety of methods to reduce budgets
during the recession of the early 2000s. Their behavior was consistent with what had been …

Fiscal stress is an important and recurring problem that states face. Research to date on
state fiscal stress involves, predominantly, cross-sectional and case study analyses and …