The Austerity State.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781487515171
- 338.5/42
- HB3722.A978 2017
Cover -- Contents -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Austerity State: An Introduction -- Section 1: State Responses to Crisis -- 2 Austerity Policies: From the Keynesian to the Corporate Welfare State -- 3 Post-Democracy and the Politics of Inequality: Explaining Policy Responses to the Financial Crisis and the Great Recession -- 4 Austerity's Role in Economic Performance: The Relationships between Social Reproduction Spending, the Economy, and People -- 5 Internalizing Neoliberalism and Austerity -- 6 Expansionary Fiscal Consolidation and the "Smarter State": An Evaluation of the Politics of Austerity in the United Kingdom, May 2010 to February 2016 -- 7 Frugal Comfort from Ireland: Marginal Tales from an Austere Isle -- Section 2: State Reconfiguration -- 8 The New Constitutionalism and Austerity -- 9 Fighting the Financial Crisis or Consolidating Austerity? The Eurobond Battle Reconsidered -- 10 Constructing Economic Policy Advice in an Age of Austerity -- 11 Tax Havens in an Austere World: The Clash of New Ideas and Existing Interests -- 12 Profiting off Austerity: Private Finance for Public Infrastructure -- 13 Austerity and Outsourcing in Britain's New Corporate State -- 14 Austerity and the Non-profit Sector: The Case of Social Impact Bonds -- 15 Conclusion -- Contributors.
The Austerity Stateprovides a critical examination of the accepted discourse around austerity measures and explores the reasons behind its continued prevalence in the world.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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