Austerity is not always one-size-fits-all; it can be a flexible, class-based strategy taking several forms depending on the political-economic forces and institutional characteristics present.
This important book identifies continuity and variety in crisis-driven austerity restructuring across Canada, Denmark, Ireland and Spain. In their analysis, the authors focus on several components of austerity, including fiscal and monetary policy, budget narratives, public sector reform, labor market flexibilization, and resistance. In so doing, they uncover how austerity can be categorized into different dynamic types, and expose the economic, social, and political implications of the varieties of austerity.
Table of Content
Introduction: Theoretical Framework and Empirics;
Political Economy of Debt and Finance;
Politics of Public Money;
Public Sector Restructuring;
Labour Market Flexibility and Restructuring;
Institutionalizing Precarity and Low Wage Work;
Resistance and Its Limits;
Conclusion.
About the author
Bryan Evans is Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada.
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