Austerity as Public Mood: Social Anxieties and Social Struggles (Radical Cultural Studies)

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?

• | Author: Kirsten Forkert
• | Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• | Publication Date: Sep 20, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 228 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1783481935
• | ISBN-13: 9781783481934