Inter-Municipal Cooperation and Austerity Policies: Obstacles or Opportunities?
Raudla, Ringa and Tavares, António, "Inter-Municipal Cooperation and Austerity Policies: Obstacles or Opportunities?" in Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Europe: Institutions and Governance ed. Teles, Filipe and Swianiewicz, Pavel (Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), 17-41.
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Author Raudla, Ringa
Tavares, AntónioBook Editor Teles, Filipe
Swianiewicz, PavelChapter Title Inter-Municipal Cooperation and Austerity Policies: Obstacles or Opportunities? Book Title Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Europe: Institutions and Governance Publication Date 2018 Place of Publication Cham Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Start page 17 End page 41 Language eng Abstract The profound challenges experienced by European countries as a consequence of the fiscal crisis, combined with the increase in the scope, size and diversity of IMC justify a closer look at whether and how austerity policies have shaped the developments of IMC across different countries. Has IMC become more prevalent in countries affected by the fiscal crisis? Have austerity policies presented obstacles or opportunities for IMC initiatives? We conducted a survey of experts in 11 selected countries, including both countries that were hit hard by the fiscal crisis and implemented extensive austerity policies and countries where IMC is known to be or becoming prevalent. The results of this exploratory analysis indicate that in five of the countries included in our sample (Italy, Portugal, Iceland, the Netherlands, and the UK), IMC has emerged as a solution to deal better with fiscal stress. Copyright Holder The Authors Copyright Year 2018 Copyright type All rights reserved ISBN 9783319628196 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-62819-6_2 -
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