Austerity, Community Action, and the Future of Citizenship in Europe /

Austerity, Community Action, and the Future of Citizenship in Europe / / ed. by Shana Cohen, Christina Fuhr, Jan-Jonathan Bock.

The politics of austerity has seen governments across Europe cut back on welfare provision. As the State retreats, this edited collection explores secular and faith-based grassroots social action in Germany and the United Kingdom that has evolved in response to changing economic policy and expanding...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
MitwirkendeR:
Baker, Christopher,
Bansil, Amardeep,
Bock, Jan-Jonathan,
Cohen, Shana,
Diamond, Patrick,
Elgenius, Gabriella,
Fuhr, Christina,
Greenwood, Sarah,
Howlin, Michelle,
Jones, Paul A,
Lawrence, Jon,
Miley, Thomas Jeffrey,
Morris, John,
Price, Chris,
Selke, Stefan,
Stone, Martin,
Werth, Sabine,
HerausgeberIn:
Bock, Jan-Jonathan,
Cohen, Shana,
Fuhr, Christina,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2017]
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (314 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on contributors
  • Introduction: social activism, belonging and citizenship in a period of crisis
  • The social consequences of welfare policy
  • Fulfilling basic human needs: the welfare state after Beveridge
  • Social division and resentment in the aftermath of the economic slump
  • The practice of social good
  • Austerity and social welfare in the UK: a perspective from the advice sector
  • Breaking the hold of debt: Cambridge Money Advice Centre
  • Community finance: the emergence of credit unions in London
  • Finding employment and living a good life in London
  • The Tafel and food poverty in Germany
  • Addressing food poverty in the UK
  • Helping the homeless: a soup kitchen in London
  • Social change and neoliberalism
  • Social initiatives and social solidarity under austerity
  • The new economy of poverty
  • Challenges for the struggle against austerity in Britain and Europe
  • Situating solidarity in perspective
  • Individualism and community in historical perspective
  • Aiming for reconnection: responsible citizenship
  • Conclusion: citizenship, community and solidarity at the end of the welfare state
  • Index

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