Public sector shock : the impact of policy retrenchment in Europe

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 Franičević and Teo Matković -- 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. The 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.