| 1 | Introduction |
| 2 | The politics of hard times |
| 2.1 | Dark clouds over Rivertown |
| 2.2 | Political response to the fiscal crisis |
| 2.3 | Paralyzed democracy and political crisis |
| 2.4 | Asking for help |
| 3 | From talk to action |
| 3.1 | Institutional and political protection mechanisms |
| 3.2 | Indirect leverage models |
| 3.3 | Organizational protection clusters |
| 4 | The politics of organizations |
| 4.1 | Data and methods |
| 4.2 | Testing the model |
| 4.3 | The clusters of equivalent agencies |
| 4.4 | The outcome of the process |
| 5 | Conclusions |
| References |