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The Violence of Austerity.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Pluto Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (257 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781786800626
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Violence of AusterityDDC classification:
  • 338.94099999999997
LOC classification:
  • HC256.5.V565 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: The Violence of Austerity - Vickie Cooper and David Whyte -- Part I: Deadly Welfare -- 1. Mental Health and Suicide - Mary O'Hara -- 2. Austerity and Mortality - Danny Dorling -- 3. Welfare Reforms and the Attack on Disabled People - John Pring -- 4. The Violence of Workfare - Jon Burnett and David Whyte -- 5. The Multiple Forms of Violence in the Asylum System - Victoria Canning -- 6. The Degradation and Humiliation of Young People - Emma Bond and Simon Hallsworth -- Part II: Poverty Amplification -- 7. Child Maltreatment and Child Mortality - Joanna Mack -- 8. Hunger and Food Poverty - Rebecca O'Connell and Laura Hamilton -- 9. The Deadly Impact of Fuel Poverty - Ruth London -- 10. The Violence of the Debtfare State - David Ellis -- 11. Women of Colour's Anti-Austerity Activism - Akwugo Emejulu and Leah Bassel -- 12. Dismantling the Irish Peace Process - Daniel Holder -- Part III: State Regulation -- 13. Undoing Social Protection - Steve Tombs -- 14. Health and Safety at the Frontlist of Austerity - Hilda Palmer and David Whyte -- 15. Environmental Degradation - Charlotte Burns and Paul Tobin -- 16. Fracking and State Violence - Will Jackson, Helen Monk and Joanna Gilmore -- 17. Domicide, Eviction and Repossession - Kirsteen Paton and Vickie Cooper -- 18. Austerity's Impact on Rough Sleeping and Violence - Daniel McCulloch -- Part IV: State Control -- 19. Legalising the Violence of Austerity - Robert Knox -- 20. The Failure to Protect Women in the Criminal Justice System - Maureen Mansfield and Vickie Cooper -- 21. Austerity, Violence and Prisons - Joe Sim -- 22. Evicting Manchester's Street Homeless - Steven Speed -- 23. Policing Anti-Austerity through the 'War on Terror' - Rizwaan Sabir -- 24. Austerity and the Production of Hate - Jon Burnett -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.
Summary: Explores the different facets of how austerity in Britain is a form of institutional violence.
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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: The Violence of Austerity - Vickie Cooper and David Whyte -- Part I: Deadly Welfare -- 1. Mental Health and Suicide - Mary O'Hara -- 2. Austerity and Mortality - Danny Dorling -- 3. Welfare Reforms and the Attack on Disabled People - John Pring -- 4. The Violence of Workfare - Jon Burnett and David Whyte -- 5. The Multiple Forms of Violence in the Asylum System - Victoria Canning -- 6. The Degradation and Humiliation of Young People - Emma Bond and Simon Hallsworth -- Part II: Poverty Amplification -- 7. Child Maltreatment and Child Mortality - Joanna Mack -- 8. Hunger and Food Poverty - Rebecca O'Connell and Laura Hamilton -- 9. The Deadly Impact of Fuel Poverty - Ruth London -- 10. The Violence of the Debtfare State - David Ellis -- 11. Women of Colour's Anti-Austerity Activism - Akwugo Emejulu and Leah Bassel -- 12. Dismantling the Irish Peace Process - Daniel Holder -- Part III: State Regulation -- 13. Undoing Social Protection - Steve Tombs -- 14. Health and Safety at the Frontlist of Austerity - Hilda Palmer and David Whyte -- 15. Environmental Degradation - Charlotte Burns and Paul Tobin -- 16. Fracking and State Violence - Will Jackson, Helen Monk and Joanna Gilmore -- 17. Domicide, Eviction and Repossession - Kirsteen Paton and Vickie Cooper -- 18. Austerity's Impact on Rough Sleeping and Violence - Daniel McCulloch -- Part IV: State Control -- 19. Legalising the Violence of Austerity - Robert Knox -- 20. The Failure to Protect Women in the Criminal Justice System - Maureen Mansfield and Vickie Cooper -- 21. Austerity, Violence and Prisons - Joe Sim -- 22. Evicting Manchester's Street Homeless - Steven Speed -- 23. Policing Anti-Austerity through the 'War on Terror' - Rizwaan Sabir -- 24. Austerity and the Production of Hate - Jon Burnett -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.

Explores the different facets of how austerity in Britain is a form of institutional violence.

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