Social Policy in Times of Austerity

Social Policy in Times of Austerity
Author: Kevin Farnsworth
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2015-09-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1447319117

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The effects of the 2008 financial crisis were ameliorated by large-scale social policy interventions, which both helped limit the depth and duration of the crisis and softened its worst effects on citizens. Yet in the wake of the crisis, those very same social policies and the welfare state they support have come under attack. There is, however, reason to be optimistic, argue the contributors to Social Policy in Times of Austerity. Bringing together leading scholars engaged in the debate over austerity and the future of the welfare state, the book traces the strong currents of resistance to austerity that continue to thrive within organizations, governments, and the citizenry at large.