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Public Management in Times of Austerity book cover

1st Edition

Public Management in Times of Austerity

Edited By Eva Moll Sørensen, Hanne Foss Hansen, Mads Bøge Kristiansen Copyright 2018
292 Pages
by Routledge

292 Pages
by Routledge

292 Pages
by Routledge
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Since 2008, the world has experienced an enormous decrease of wealth. By many measures the impact of the crisis was severe. The fall in GDP, the collapse of world trade, the rise in unemployment, and the credit slump reached bigger proportions than in any other crisis since World War II. Although the economic figures seem to improve in some countries, the crisis continues being a challenging... Read more

Part 1: Introduction

1. Introduction

Eva Moll Ghin and Mads Bøge Kristiansen

2. Public Management in Times of Austerity – The Literature

Eva Moll Ghin and Mads Bøge Kristiansen

3. The Five Case Countries

Eva Moll Ghin and Mads Bøge Kristiansen

Part 2: Cutback Management in Times of Austerity

4. Germany an Outlier in Terms of Fiscal Adjustment

Jobst Fiedler, Gerhard Hammerschmid and Lorenz Löffler

5. Italy: A Tale of Path-Dependent Public Sector Shrinkage

Fabrizio Di Mascio, Davide Galli, Alessandro Natalini, and Edoardo Ongaro

6. Cutback Management in Denmark

Hanne Foss Hansen and Mads Bøge Kristiansen

7. Cutback Management in Ireland in the Wake of the Financial Crisis

Muiris MacCarthaigh and Niamh Hardiman

8. Cutback Management in Estonia During the Crisis of 2008-10 and Beyond

Riin Savi, Tiina Randma-Liiv, and Ringa Raudla

Part 3: Budgetary Reforms in Times of Austerity

9. New Fiscal Rules and Budgetary Reforms Supporting Fiscal Turnaround in Germany

Jobst Fiedler and Juliane Sarnes

10. Italy: Centralisation of Budgetary Processes as a Response to the Fiscal Crisis

Fabrizio Di Mascio, Alessandro Natalini, Edoardo Ongaro, and Francesco Stolfi

11. Budgetary Reform in Denmark in Times of Austerity

Eva Moll Ghin

12. Budgetary and Financial Management Reform in Ireland

Muiris MacCarthaigh and Niamh Hardiman

13. Budgeting and Financial Management Reforms in Estonia During the Crisis of 2008-10 and Beyond

Ringa Raudla, Tiina Randma-Liiv, and Riin Savi

Part 4: Comparative Analysis and Conclusion

14. Comparative Analysis and Conclusion

Eva Moll Ghin, Hanne Foss Hansen, and Mads Bøge Kristiansen

Biography

Eva Moll Ghin is post doc in public administration at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Hanne Foss Hansen is professor in public administration and organization at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Mads Bøge Kristiansen is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and Public Management, University of Southern Denmark.

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