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Title Public management in times of austerity / edited by Eva Moll Ghin, Hanne Foss Hansen, and Mads Bøge Kristiansen
Published New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 281 pages) : illustrations
Series Routledge critical studies in public management
Routledge critical studies in public management.
Contents Introduction / Evan Moll Ghin and Mads Bøge Kristiansen -- Public management in times of austerity: the literature / Eva Moll Ghin and Mads Bøge Kristiansen -- The five case countries / Eva Moll Ghin and Mads Bøge Kristiansen -- Germany: an outlier in terms of fiscal adjustment / Jobst Fiedler -- Gerhard Hammerschmid and Lorenz Löffler -- Italy: a tale of path-dependent public-sector shrinkage / Fabrizio di Mascio, Davide Galli, Alessandro Natalini and Edoardo Ongaro -- Cutback management in Denmark / Hanne Foss Hansen and Mads Bøge Kristiansen -- Cutback management in Ireland in the wake of the financial crisis / Muiris MacCarthaigh and Niamh Hardiman -- Cutback management in Estonia during the crisis of 2008-10 and beyond / Riin Savi, Tiina Randma-Liiv and Ringa Raudla -- New fiscal rules and budgetary reforms supporting fiscal turnaround in Germany / Jobst Fiedler and Juliane Sarnes -- Italy: centralisation of budgetary processes as a response to the fiscal crisis / Fabrizio di Mascio, Alessandro Natalini, Edoardo Ongaro and Francesco Stolfi -- Budgetary reform in Denmark in times of austerity / Eva Moll Ghin -- Budgetary and financial management reform in Ireland / Muiris MacCarthaigh and Niamh Hardiman -- Budgeting and financial management reforms in Estonia during the crisis of 2008-10 and beyond / Ringa Raudla, Tiina Randma-Liiv and Riin Savi -- Comparative analysis and conclusion / Eva Moll Ghin, Hanne Foss Hansen and Mads Bøge Kristiansen
Summary 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 issue and is said to be one of the most important problems governments face today. The crisis has put public finances under ever increasing pressure, and governments have responded through austerity measures such as new fiscal rules and budgeting procedures and cutbacks of public spending. Public Management in Times of Austerity seeks to explore the austerity policies adopted by European governments and their consequences to public management. It asks how governments have implemented new rules leading to more stringency in public budgeting and financial management, and how they have cut back public expenditure. These questions are examined comparatively through case studies in different parts of Europe, and variations across countries are discussed and explained. Throughout the volume, the consequences of the crisis and austerity policies for public management are discussed. What is the relationship between crisis and decision-making in the public sector, and how does austerity affect public-sector organisation? As the previous crisis in the 1970s resulted in a major reform movement, which was later referred to as New Public Management, Public Management in Times of Austerity look to understand whether the current crisis also leads to a wave of public management reform, and if so what is the content of this?
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Public administration -- Cost control
Administrative agencies -- Management.
Recessions.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Affairs & Administration.
Administrative agencies -- Management
Public administration -- Cost control
Recessions
Form Electronic book
Author Ghin, Eva Moll, editor
Hansen, Hanne Foss, editor
Kristiansen, Mads Bøge, editor
ISBN 9781317190622
1317190629
9781317190615
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