Introduction: Governments and Crises - Iris Saliterer, Martin Jones, and Ileana Steccolini Austria - Building Capacities Versus Resting on Laurels - Sanja Korac A Tale of Two Jurisdictions: A Focus on the Effect of Regulatory Constraints on Municipal Resilience in Australia - Joseph Drew Financial Resilience in Brazilian Municipalities - Andr C. B. de Aquino and Ricardo Lopes Cardoso English Resilience in the Face of Austerity - Martin Jones Resilience Patterns of French Municipalities: A Case Study - Cline du BoysA Cushioned Impact of the Financial Crisis - Local Government Financial Resilience in Germany - Ulf Papenfu, Iris Saliterer, and Nora Albrecht Financial Resilience of Greek Local Governments - Sandra Cohen and Nikolaos Hlepas Patterns of Financial Resilience in Italian Municipalities - Carmela Barbera Financial Resilience: How Dutch Cities Have Buffered and Adapted to the Financial Crisis - Tom Overmans Financial Resilience: The Swedish Case - Niklas Wllstedt and Roland Almqvist Financial Resilience at the Root of the Crisis - Michigan, U.S. - Sanja Korac, Iris Saliterer, and Eric Scorsone Conclusion - Ileana Steccolini, Martin Jones and Iris Saliterer.