Austerity as public mood : social anxieties and social struggles /

Explores how politicians and the press in the UK mobilise support for 'austerity' through appealing to socially conservative conceptions of work and community. It examines the techniques of anti-austerity social movements in challenging the prevailing mood of guilt, nostalgia and resentmen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Forkert, Kirsten (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Rowman & Littlefield International, [2017]
Colección:Radical cultural studies.
Temas:
2000-2099
Social change > Great Britain.
Anti-globalization movement > Great Britain.
Altermondialisme > Grande-Bretagne.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Anti-globalization movement
Economic policy
Social change
Social policy
Great Britain > Economic policy > 21st century.
Great Britain > Social policy > 21st century.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique économique > 21e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique sociale > 21e siècle.
Great Britain
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: tightening our belts
  • Austerity and the appeal of the past
  • Authoritarian populism, traditionalism and austerity
  • The mediatisation of austerity and the case of benefits street
  • Immigration, austerity and the welfare state
  • Austere creativity, community and impasses around the welfare state
  • Trade union activism after the 2010 student protests
  • Spaces of solidarity
  • Conclusion: towards a politics of interdependency and care
  • Conclusion: from austerity to brexit and Trump, and the politics of the "ordinary"
  • Right populism and "ordinary people"
  • Can the public mood be shifted?

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