TY  - BOOK
AU  - Farnsworth,Kevin
AU  - Irving,Zoe
ED  - Askews & Holts
TI  - Social policy in times of austerity
SN  - 9781447319139 (e-book)
AV  - HN18 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Bristol
PB  - Policy Press
KW  - Social policy
KW  - Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
KW  - Society
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Social & ethical issues
KW  - thema
KW  - Economic systems & structures
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - lcsh
N1  - Electronic reproduction; Askews and Holts; Mode of access: World Wide Web
N2  - 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 argues that there is still room for optimism; The 2008 global economic crisis was unprecedented in living memory and its impact on economic and social life immense. Large-scale social policy interventions played a crucial role in helping to mediate the crisis, and yet the welfare state continues to come under attack. A new age of austerity, based more on politics than economics, is threatening to undermine the very foundations of the welfare state. However, as this important book illustrates, there is still room for optimism - resistance to the logic of austerity exists within organisations and governments, and among peoples, demonstrating how essential social policies remain to human progress. The second of a three-book series covering the post-2008 global economic crisis and the period of austerity, this volume draws together edited chapters from leading scholars engaged in the debate and will be equally suitable for academics and other researchers studying international and comparative social policy, as well as upper level undergraduate and postgraduate students
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ER  -