Narratives of Difference in an Age of Austerity (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This book traces the narrative strategies framing austerity policies through an illuminating analysis of policy documents and political discourses, exposing the political consequences for women, racialized minorities and disabled people. While many have critiqued the ways in which austerity has captured the contemporary political narrative, this is the first book to systematically examine how these narratives work to shift the terms within which policy debates about inequality and difference play out. Gedalof's exceptional readings of these texts pay close attention to the formal qualities of these narratives: the chronologies they impose, their articulation of crisis and resolution, the points of view they construct and the affective registers they deploy. In this manner she argues persuasively that the differences of gender, race, ethnicity and disability have been stitched into the fabric of austerity as excesses that must be disavowed, as reproductive burdens that are too great for the austere state to bear. This innovative, intersectional analysis will appeal to students and scholars of social policy, gender studies, politics and public policy.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Thinking Gender in Transnational Times
Release date:	November 2017
First published:	2018
Authors:	Irene Gedalof
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	230
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-40064-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Public administration Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > Discourse analysis Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies
LSN:	1-137-40064-1
Barcode:	9781137400642

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