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Pragmatic municipalism or austerity urbanism? Understanding local government responses to fiscal stress

Yunji Kimb Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University, Seoul, South KoreaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6618-7168View further author information
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Mildred E. Warnera City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 234-252 | Published online: 26 Feb 2020

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