Notes bibliogr. Index

1. Public sector shock in Europe: Between structural reforms and quantitative adjustment / Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead 2. Public sector adjustment and the threat to gender equality / Jill Rubery 3. Early application of fiscal austerity measures in the Baltic States / Jaan Masso and Kerly Espenberg 4. Croatia: Public sector adaptation and its impact on working conditions / Vojmir Franic̆evic̉ and Teo Matkovic̉ 5. France: The public service under pressure /Jérôme Gautié 6. Public sector adjustments in Germany: From cooperative to competitive federalism / Gerhard Bosch 7. Public sector adjustment amidst structural adjustment in Greece: Subordinate, spasmodic and sporadic / Zafiris Tzannatos and Yannis Monogios 8. Hungary: Public sector labour market from crisis to crisis / Szilvia Altwicker Hámori and János Köllő 9. Cautious adjustment in a context of economic collapse: The public sector in the Irish crises / Philip O'Connell 10. Netherlands: Wage cuts no longer a constructive option / Wiemer Salverda 11. Portugal: Structural reforms interrupted by austerity / Helena Rato 12. Romania: A country under permanent public sector reform / Valentina Vasile 13. Those were the days, my friend: The public sector and the economic crisis in Spain / Rafael Muñoz de Bustillo and José-Ignacio Antón / 14. Early fiscal consolidation and negotiated flexibility in Sweden: A fair way out of the crisis? / Dominique Anxo 15. Austerity, privatization and levelling down: Public sector reforms in the United Kingdom / Damian Grimshaw