Austerity Policies: Bad Ideas in Practice - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3030077314 ISBN 13 : 9783030077310

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

Synopsis

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 for more cuts in public expenditure is fiercely contested. The scope of state services, the levels of support for people in need, and the kinds of organizations that will deliver the services, will all be profoundly affected in coming years. The authors and editors assess some of these consequences visible now in the impact that expenditure cuts and reorganization have had on many areas of social policy, and explore the direction of change in the near future.
Austerity Policies evaluates a wide range of changing form of state services and the transformations involving both the recipients and those delivering the services. It considers the past, presentand future of austerity as a policy, and the problems affecting particular groups such as offenders, looked after children, and professionals such as social care workers and those engaged with domestic violence. The collection will be of interest to students and scholars of social policy, criminology, sociology, politics and media studies.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Peter Rushton is Professor of Historical Sociology at the University of Sunderland, and leader of the REF Unit in History for the 2014 research exercise.​
Catherine Donovan is a Professor in Social Relations and is Research Lead in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Sunderland.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3030077314
• ISBN 13: 9783030077310
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 296
• Éditeur: Rushton Peter, Donovan Catherine
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