Weathering the perfect storm? Austerity and institutional resilience in local government
研究了英国地方政府在预算削减和需求激增的双重压力下，如何通过成本削减、效率提升以及服务再设计的创新方法来维持制度韧性，揭示了其应对危机的务实政治和制度拼凑策略。
English local authorities face a combination of deep budget cuts and sharp increases in citizen demand, linked to the costs of recession and demographic changes. Evidence from case study research shows the dominance of cost-cutting and efficiency measures, as in previous periods of austerity. But creative approaches to service redesign are also emerging as the crisis deepens, based upon pragmatic politics and institutional bricolage. While the absence of radical new ideas and overt political conflict is surprising, local government reveals a remarkable capacity to reinvent its institutional forms to weather what amounts to a ‘perfect storm’.