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This book explores the ways in which local governments in England reacted to the UK government's austerity measures after the 2008 crash. Andy Pike examines how local statecrafters act in a variety of realms, and questions the sustainability and resilience of the local state in the longer term.
List of contents
- 1: Councillors at the casino: The local public services gamble in financialized times?
- 2: Financialization and local statecraft
- 3: Funding and financing local government in England
- 4: Local government financial strategies amidst austerity, centralization, and risk
- 5: Advising financialization? External actors in local statecraft
- 6: The local statecraft of borrowing and debt management
- 7: In-area and out-of-area statecraft
- 8: Conclusions: The differentiated landscape of financialization and local statecraft
- References
- Index
About the author
Andy Pike is the Henry Daysh Professor of Regional Development Studies in the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) at Newcastle University. His research interests, publications, and research projects are focused on the geographical political economy of local, regional, and urban development, governance, and policy. He has undertaken research projects for the OECD, UN-ILO, European Commission, UK government, and national, regional, and local institutions. He is a Fellow of the Regional Studies Association and an Academician of the UK's national Academy of Social Sciences.
Summary
This book explores the ways in which local governments in England reacted to the UK government's austerity measures after the 2008 crash. Andy Pike examines how local statecrafters act in a variety of realms, and questions the sustainability and resilience of the local state in the longer term.
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Local government plays a formative role in shaping the conditions of people's everyday lives. In England, the past decade or so has witnessed deep-seated transformation in local governments' powers and practices, rooted in particular in shifting relations with various financial actors, assets and attributes. Andy Pike proves an engaging and informed guide to this complex but crucial political-economic terrain.
