Inter-Municipal Cooperation and Austerity Policies: Obstacles or Opportunities?
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 beco...
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ftunitednatuni:oai:collections.unu.edu:UNU:7447 2023-05-15T16:49:16+02:00 Inter-Municipal Cooperation and Austerity Policies: Obstacles or Opportunities? Raudla, Ringa Tavares, António Teles, Filipe Swianiewicz, Pavel 2018-01-01 http://collections.unu.edu/view/UNU:7447 unknown Palgrave Macmillan http://collections.unu.edu/view/UNU:7447 2018 ftunitednatuni 2022-01-07T13:16:40Z 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. Other/Unknown Material Iceland United Nations University Tokyo: UNU Collections |
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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. |
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Teles, Filipe Swianiewicz, Pavel |
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Raudla, Ringa Tavares, António |
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Raudla, Ringa Tavares, António Inter-Municipal Cooperation and Austerity Policies: Obstacles or Opportunities? |
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Raudla, Ringa Tavares, António |
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Inter-Municipal Cooperation and Austerity Policies: Obstacles or Opportunities? |
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Inter-Municipal Cooperation and Austerity Policies: Obstacles or Opportunities? |
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Inter-Municipal Cooperation and Austerity Policies: Obstacles or Opportunities? |
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Inter-Municipal Cooperation and Austerity Policies: Obstacles or Opportunities? |
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Inter-Municipal Cooperation and Austerity Policies: Obstacles or Opportunities? |
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inter-municipal cooperation and austerity policies: obstacles or opportunities? |
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Palgrave Macmillan |
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2018 |
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