Bibliograph

The global life of austerity, comparing beyond Europe, edited by Theodoros Rakopoulos

Type

Label

The global life of austerity, comparing beyond Europe, edited by Theodoros Rakopoulos

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The global life of austerity

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

edited by Theodoros Rakopoulos

Series statement

Critical interventions: a forum for social analysis, volume 17

Sub title

comparing beyond Europe

Summary

Austerity and structural adjustment programs are just the latest forms of neoliberal policy to have a profoundly damaging impact on the targeted populations. Yet, as the contributors to this collection argue, the recent austerity-related European crisis is not a breach of erstwhile development schemes, but a continuation of economic policies. Using historical analysis and ethnographically-grounded research, this volume shows the similarities of the European conundrum with realities outside Europe, seeing austerity in a non-Eurocentric fashion. In doing so, it offers novel insights as to how economic crises are experienced at a global level. --, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction : Austerity, Measured -- Austerity: An economy of words? -- Performing austerity: Greece's debt crisis and European integration -- Austerity, socialism, and the capitalist anti-market -- Debt, vultures, and austerity in Argentina -- Austerity wars: The crisis of financialization and the struggle for democracy -- On austerity and structural adjustment: Continuity and difference across space and time -- Austerity in Portugal: The 'middle-classification' of the public space, migration, and the silences of history -- (De)stabilizing the European austerity debate: Lessons from post-crisis South Korea -- Austerity and 'the discipline of historical context'

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