00981pab a2200121 454500008004000000100001900040245010400059260000900163300001300172520060200185650002100787773005100808180718b2001   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aWard, James D.  aResponding to fiscal stress: a state-wide survey of local governments in Louisiana: a research note  c2001  ap.565-71  aThe early 1980s represented an era where fiscal stress, cutback management and retrenchment strategies captured the attention of public administration scholars and practitioners.  Yet, lessons learned from that era should not be forgotten.  This research note, containing information from a 1990s survey of Louisiana local governments, supports the position that rural governments suffer hardest in bad economic times and that precautionary measures should thus be taken to lessen the budgetary shortfalls which often result in either the cutback or the total elimination of services. - Reproduced  aLocal government  aInternational Journal of Public Administration