The city is a significant level of geography at which to examine the economic, political and
social implications of austerity. We consider how the financial crisis originated in the urban …

California continues to be at the epicentre of the current Great Recession. Cities around the
state are facing a multiple-fronted assault on their fiscal situation. Although not new—the …

By way of a critical exploration of austerity politics in the USA, the paper examines the
means by which the Wall Street crisis of 2008 has been translated into a state crisis …

Austerity budgeting in the public sector, selectively targeting the social state, is a long-
established trait of neoliberal governance, but it has been enforced with renewed systemic …

This study examines the geography of local austerity policies across the USA. We contrast
two perspectives, the political economy framework that sees a general shift towards the use …

As late as mid-2007, to most observers, the global economic scene looked rosy. It seemed
as though the laws of economics had changed: the advanced economies had rid …

In recent years, European societies and territories have witnessed the spatial impacts of a
severe financial and socio-economic crisis. This book builds on the current debate …

With a focus on developments in North America and Europe, this essay explores three
dimensions of neoliberal urbanism in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis. It …

That contemporary austerity is being realised to a large extent in and through cities is a
growing theme in urban scholarship. Similarly, the concern that the economically …

While national governments responded to the Great Recession with austerity, local
government responses were varied. Two contrasting views are found in the …