Austerity Policies Bad Ideas in Practice

Austerity Policies Bad Ideas in Practice / edited by Peter Rushton, Catherine Donovan.

This book takes up the problems of social policy, state intervention and support in the hard times of austerity introduced by the Coalition government 2010-15, and continued under the Conservative government today. At a time when the economy is growing and pay levels finally rising, the necessity fo...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Rushton, Peter (Editor), Donovan, Catherine (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Welfare state.
Economic sociology.
Social service .
Political sociology.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction; Peter Rushton and Catherine Donovan
  • Part One. Austerity: A Break with the Past?
  • 2. Austerity: a Critical History of the Present; Peter Rushton
  • 3. Austerity and the Undermining of Democracy; Ilona Buchroth and Linda Hetherington
  • 4. Mothering in an Age of Austerity; Sheila Quaid
  • Part Two.Undermining Professionals
  • 5. Austerity and De-Professionalisation; Nigel Malin
  • 6. Inspecting 'Transforming Rehabilitation': The Pitfalls of an Austerity Managerialist Approach to Offender Supervision; Nicola Roberts
  • 7. Poverty, Regulation and New Forms of Educational Exclusion; Kim Gilligan
  • Part Three. Some Consequences of Twenty-First Century Austerity. - 8. Cutting the Ribbon? Austerity Measures and the Problems Faced by the HIV Third Sector; Drew Dalton
  • 9. “Well That Would Be Nice, but We Can't do That in the Current Climate”: Prioritising Services Under Austerity; Catherine Donovan and Matt Durey
  • 10. Dangerous Times for Looked-After Children: Austerity Cuts Risking the Lives of the Most Vulnerable; Stephanie Hunter
  • 11. The ‘New Normal’: Framing Vulnerability, Entitlement and Responsibility in Police Custody in Austere Times; Faye Cosgrove and Donna Peacock. .

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