{"product_id":"why-austerity-persists-hardback-9781509509867","title":"Why Austerity Persists (Hardback) 9781509509867","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWhy Austerity Persists\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\"\u003eJon Shefner (Author), Cory Blad (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509509867, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 October 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15.5 x 2 cm, 0.476 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“The aggressive form of capitalism we call neoliberalism has spread across the globe, shoring up profits as earnings are whittled away and government supports are rolled back. This illuminating book helps to explain how this new kind of capitalism has unfolded in societies that are otherwise utterly different. You will want to read it to understand our current troubles.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrances Fox Piven, City University of New York\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This volume takes us on a highly instructive whirlwind tour of austerity on five continents. The result is an indispensable account of what is wrong with the ideas, the rules, and the institutions that govern today’s global economy.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFred Block, University of California, Davis\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Shefner and Blad render us the service of clarifying the roots and the consequences of austerity. Their analysis is worth reading and engaging with.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlejandro Portes, Princeton University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“The analytical dynamics and repertoire of the book are impressive, a fact that is reflected in the way the argument on the persistence of austerity empirically plays out. […] This argument is exceptionally made [as] Shefner and Blad advance the idea of hegemony of austerity without beneficiaries.”\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Shefner and Blad maintain that, while austerity has persisted, it is not inevitable. There are genuine progressive alternatives that anti-austerity social movements could fight for to push their countries toward greater national sovereignty for formulating economic policies.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDollars and Sense\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\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\u003eSeveral nations in the Global North have turned to austerity policies in an effort to resolve recent financial ills. What many failed to recognize is the longer history and varied pattern of such policies in the Global South over preceding decades – policies which had largely proven to fail. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShefner and Blad trace the 45-year history of austerity and how it became the go-to policy to resolve a host of economic problems. The authors use a variety of international cases to address how austerity has been implemented, who has been hurt, and who has benefited. They argue that the policy has been used to address very different kinds of crises, making states and polities responsible for a variety of errors and misdeeds of private actors. The book answers a number of important questions: why austerity persists as a policy aimed at resolving national crises despite evidence that it often does not work; how the policy has evolved over recent decades; and which powerful people and institutions have helped impose it across the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis timely book will appeal to students, researchers, and policymakers interested in globalization, development, political economy, and economic sociology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eChapter 1. Many Paths to Austerity\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. From Development to the Lost Decade in Latin America\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. African Austerity\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Austerity in Asia and Oceania\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. The United States and the Inevitability of Austerity\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Austerity Lands in the European Union\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. Why Austerity Persists\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\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":52441782386968,"sku":"9781509509867","price":45.57,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509509867.jpg?v=1785024813","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/why-austerity-persists-hardback-9781509509867","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}