{"product_id":"austerity-hardback-9781509534869","title":"Austerity (Hardback) 9781509534869","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAusterity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSuzanne J. Konzelmann (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509534869, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 September 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e174 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 13.5 x 1.8 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Suzanne J. Konzelmann’s book is an incredibly valuable contribution to the growing backlash against austerity. The broad and rich historical and international perspective confirms that these pernicious policies have a track record of failure.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoff Tily, senior economist, Trades Union Congress\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“In the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, austerity policies were imposed in many countries, with results ranging from disappointing to disastrous. Konzelmann shows how the logic of austerity was fundamentally undermined by the emergence of the welfare state in the twentieth century. Austerity policies threaten the automatic stabilizing effects of a large welfare state, and are therefore counterproductive.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Quiggin, University of Queensland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAusterity has been at the center of political controversy following the 2008 financial crisis, invoked by politicians and academics across the political spectrum as the answer to, or cause of, our post-crash economic malaise. However, despite being the cause of debate for more than three centuries, austerity remains a poorly understood concept. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this book, Suzanne J. Konzelmann aims to demystify austerity as an economic policy, a political idea, and a social phenomenon. Beginning with an analysis of political and socioeconomic history from the seventeenth century, she explains the economics of austerity in the context of the overall dynamics of state spending, tax, and debt. Using comparative case studies from around the world, ranging from the 1930s to post-2008, she then evaluates the outcomes of austerity in light of its stated objectives and analyzes the conditions under which it doesn’t – and occasionally does – work. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis accessible introduction to austerity will be essential reading for students and scholars of political economy, economics, and politics, as well as all readers interested in current affairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eChapter 1\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2\u003cbr\u003e Shifting Responses to the Evolution of National Debt and the Economic Role of the State\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3\u003cbr\u003e National Accounting and the Economics of Austerity\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4\u003cbr\u003e Selling Austerity – Economics, Politics and Society\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5\u003cbr\u003e Austerity and Welfare – An Unstable Mixture: Britain, Germany \u0026amp; the United States between the Wars\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6\u003cbr\u003e Austerity (and Stimulus) in Post-war Chile, America, Ireland and Japan\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter \u003cbr\u003e Some have Austerity thrust upon them, Others Embrace it: Ireland, Greece and the United Kingdom after the 2008 crisis\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8\u003cbr\u003e Post-2008 Variations on Austerity: Iceland and the United States\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9\u003cbr\u003e Austerity’s political economic, ideological and socio-cultural dimensions\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10\u003cbr\u003e Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economics%20%5BKC%5D%22\"\u003eKC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441795592472,"sku":"9781509534869","price":38.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509534869.jpg?v=1785025848","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/austerity-hardback-9781509534869","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}