Austerity as public mood : social anxieties and social struggles / / Kirsten Forkert

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910794918703321
• Autore: Forkert Kirsten
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield International, , [2017]; ©2017
• ISBN: 1-78348-195-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (228 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
• Collana: Radical cultural studies
• Disciplina: 306.30941
• Soggetti: Anti-globalization movement; Neoliberalism; Economic policy; Economic development - Government policy; Great Britain Economic policy 21st century; Great Britain Social policy 21st century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: tightening our belts -- Austerity and the appeal of the past -- Authoritarian populism, traditionalism and austerity -- The mediatisation of austerity and the case of benefits street -- Immigration, austerity and the welfare state -- Austere creativity, community and impasses around the welfare state -- Trade union activism after the 2010 student protests -- Spaces of solidarity -- Conclusion: towards a politics of interdependency and care -- Conclusion: from austerity to brexit and trump, and the politics of the "ordinary" -- Right populism and "ordinary people" -- Can the public mood be shifted?.