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Title
The violence of austerity
Type
Text
Monograph
Subject
Great Britain--Social conditions--21st century (LCSH)
Great Britain--Economic conditions--21st century (LCSH)
Great Britain--Economic policy (LCSH)
Financial crises--Government policy--Great Britain (LCSH)
Grande-Bretagne--Conditions sociales--21e siècle (RVM)
Grande-Bretagne--Conditions économiques--21e siècle (RVM)
Grande-Bretagne--Politique économique (RVM)
Politics and Government (EFLCH)
Economic history
Economic policy
Financial crises--Government policy
Great Britain
2000-2099 (FAST)
Sparpolitik (GND)
Wirtschaftliche Lage (GND)
Grossbritannien (GND)
Politics and Government (UKSLC)
Illustrative Content
illustrations
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Geographic Coverage
Classification
LCC: HN385.5 .V56 2017 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
KN180 VIO (Source: moys)
Supplementary Content
bibliography (bibliography)
index (index)
Content
text (txt)
Summary
An edited collection which explores the different facets of how austerity in Britain is a form of institutional violence
Table Of Contents
Introduction : the violence of austerity / Vickie Cooper and David Whyte
Part I. Deadly welfare. Mental health and suicide / Mary O'Hara
Austerity and mortality / Danny Dorling
Welfare reforms and the attack on disabled people / John Pring
The violence of workfare / Jon Burnett and David Whyte
The multiple forms of violence in the asylum system / Victoria Canning
The degradation and humiliation of young people / Emma Bond and Simon Hallsworth
Part II. Poverty amplification. Child maltreatment and child mortality / Joanna Mack
Hunger and food poverty / Rebecca O'Connell and Laura Hamilton
The deadly impact of fuel poverty / Ruth London
The violence of the debtfare state / David Ellis
Women of colour's anti-austerity activism / Akwugo Emejulu and Leah Bassel
Dismantling the Irish peace process / Daniel Holder
Part III. State regulation. Undoing social protection / Steve Tombs
Health and safety at the frontline of austerity / Hilda Palmer and David Whyte
Environmental degradation / Charlotte Burns and Paul Tobin
Fracking and state violence / Will Jackson, Helen Monk and Joanna Gilmore
Domicide, eviction and repossession / Kirsteen Paton and Vickie Cooper
Austerity's impact on rough sleeping and violence / Daniel McCulloch
Part IV. State control. Legalising the violence of austerity / Robert Knox
The failure to protect women in the criminal justice system / Maureen Mansfield and Vickie Cooper
Austerity, violence and prisons / Joe Sim
Evicting Manchester's street homeless / Steven Speed
Policing anti-austerity through the 'War on Terror' / Rizwaan Sabir
Austerity and the production of hate / Jon Burnett
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The violence of austerity