The violence of austerity
An edited collection which explores the different facets of how austerity in Britain is a form of institutional violence.
The violence of austerity
An edited collection which explores the different facets of how austerity in Britain is a form of institutional violence.
The austerity programme being introduced in Britain raises many questions: what is it really like to be at the sharp end of cuts? How are people coping? What kind of future do people envisage when, bit by bit, they believe their social safety net is being swept away? Austerity B…
Read any newspaper or switch on any news programme and the warning flares are there for everyone to see. The effects of an eduring and steep economic downturn coupled with a stringent programme of government cuts and dramatic changes to welfare entitlements are hitting the poore…
Read any newspaper or switch on any news programme and the warning flares are there for everyone to see. The effects of an eduring and steep economic downturn coupled with a stringent programme of government cuts and dramatic changes to welfare entitlements are hitting the poore…