Overview
The 2008 global economic crisis has led to a new age of austerity, based more on politics than economics, which threatens to undermine the very foundations of the welfare state. However, as resistance to the logic of austerity grows, this important book, the second of a three-book series, argues that there is still room for optimism.
Full Product Details
Author: Kevin Farnsworth (University of York) ,
Zoë Irving (University of York)
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Imprint: Policy Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.431kg
ISBN: 9781447319115
ISBN 10: 1447319117
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 15 September 2015
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
"""[The editors] are tackling an important agenda when they bring together a range of contributions on different aspects of the idea and practice of austerity."" Citizen's Income Newsletter ""This is sure to be an influential book on the contemporary literature on the politics of austerity. Featuring insightful contributions by some of the foremost theorists in social policy, the book offers a remarkably powerful analysis of governments’ recent overhauls of social policies.” Dr Lavinia Mitton, University of Kent ""A timely, thought-provoking collection of critical scholarship which helps to better understand the ideology, politics and economics of austerity in contemporary welfare states and presents the reader with alternatives to the standard policy prescriptions of today."" Professor Peter Starke, University of Southern Denmark"
A timely, thought-provoking collection of critical scholarship which helps to better understand the ideology, politics and economics of austerity in contemporary welfare states and presents the reader with alternatives to the standard policy prescriptions of today. Peter Starke, University of Southern Denmark; This is sure to be an influential book on the contemporary literature on the politics of austerity. Featuring insightful contributions by some of the foremost theorists in social policy, the book offers a remarkably powerful analysis of governments' recent overhauls of social policies. Dr Lavinia Mitton, University of Kent
Author Information
Kevin Farnsworth and Zoe Irving are both senior lecturers in international social policy at the University of York, UK. Kevin has published widely on issues relating to the political economy of social policies and welfare states. Zoe has previously published on social policy development in small island states. Together they are co-editors of Social Policy in Challenging Times (Policy Press, 2011) and the Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy.
