Public sector shock : the impact of policy retrenchment in Europe / [edited by] Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vaughan-Whitehead, Daniel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Financial crises--Europe.

Financial crises.

Economic policy--Europe.

Economic policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (656 p.)

Place of Publication:

Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., 2013.

Summary:

After a first series of policy responses to the 2008 - 09 crisis aimed at sustaining domestic demand through expansionary anti-crisis packages, most European governments - starting with Greece, Ireland, Bulgaria and Romania, and followed by many others - have since put in place a series of restrictive budgetary policies aimed at reducing their budget deficits. With these new policies, a significant number of jobs and wages have been cut in the public sector. A number of expenditure items related to education and training have also been cut. These reforms have given rise to waves of protest thr

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; 1. Public sector shock in Europe: Between structural reforms and quantitative adjustment; 2. Public sector adjustment and the threat to gender equality; 3. Early application of fiscal austerity measures in the Baltic states; 4. Croatia: Public sector adaptation and its impact on working conditions; 5. France: The public service under pressure; 6. Public sector adjustments in Germany: From cooperative to competitive federalism; 7. Public sector adjustment amidst structural adjustment in Greece: Subordinate, spasmodic and sporadic

8. Hungary: Public sector labour market from crisis to crisis9. Cautious adjustment in a context of economic collapse: The public sector in the Irish crises; 10. The Netherlands: Wage cuts no longer a constructive option; 11. Portugal: Structural reforms interrupted by austerity; 12. Romania: A country under permanent public sector reform; 13. Those were the days, my friend: The public sector and the economic crisis in Spain; 14. Early fiscal consolidation and negotiated flexibility in Sweden: A fair way out of the crisis?

15. Austerity, privatization and levelling down: Public sector reforms in the United KingdomIndex

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-78195-535-2

OCLC:

836401822