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where he teaches urban politics, public administration, and public policy. He is the author of The Limits of Technocratic Politics(Transaction Books, forthcoming). His research interest is concerned with the effects of fiscal scarcity on budgeting strategies.
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Straussman, J.D. The “reserve army” of unemployed revisited. Society 14, 40–45 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02694442
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