Description
Looking at how austerity has become embedded in institutional practices, this book offers new critical insights into the uneven geographies created by austerity.
Reflecting on the spatially and socially uneven impacts of austerity on individuals and families, Julie MacLeavy shows how the 'new normal' of post-welfare state governance will negatively condition life chances, even in better economic times. She considers the political, economic and social developments that have led us to the present moment and shows how the rhetoric of austerity has pushed social inequality and uneven development off the political agenda.
About the Author
Julie MacLeavy is Professor of Economic Geography at the University of Bristol.
Reviews
"Julie MacLeavy's powerful and revelatory book shows that austerity was more than a cyclical episode, more even than an extended crisis, but a destructive and ongoing process of social and state transformation. It's an incisive and important contribution." Jamie Peck, University of British Columbia
Book Information
ISBN 9781529209334
Author Julie MacLeavy
Format Hardback
Page Count 152
Imprint Bristol University Press
Publisher Bristol University Press
