Austerity as Public Mood - Social Anxieties and Social Struggles (Paperback)

Austerity as Public Mood explores how politicians and the media mobilise nostalgic and socially conservative ideas of work and community in order to justify cuts to public services and create divisions between the deserving and undeserving. It examines the powerful appeal of these concepts as part of a wider public mood marked by guilt, nostalgia and resentment - particularly around the inequalities produced by global capitalism and changes to the nature of work. In doing so, the book engages with urgent questions about the contemporary political climate. Focusing on the UK, it challenges accounts of neoliberalism which frame it as primarily an individualising force and localist definitions of community as mitigating its damaging effects. Finally, it explores how resistance to austerity can challenge these tendencies by offering a politics of solidarity and hope, and a forum for experimentation with alternative forms of collectivity.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Radical Cultural Studies
Release date:	February 2019
Authors:	Kirsten Forkert
Dimensions:	221 x 149 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	228
ISBN-13:	978-1-78348-194-1
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Equal opportunities Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General
LSN:	1-78348-194-3
Barcode:	9781783481941

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