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The Global Life of Austerity

Comparing Beyond Europe

Theodoros Rakopoulos editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Berghahn Books

Published:18th Jun '18

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Austerity and structural adjustment programs are just the latest forms of neoliberal policy to have a profoundly damaging impact on the targeted populations. Yet, as the contributors to this collection argue, the recent austerity-related European crisis is not a breach of erstwhile development schemes, but a continuation of economic policies. Using historical analysis and ethnographically-grounded research, this volume shows the similarities of the European conundrum with realities outside Europe, seeing austerity in a non-Eurocentric fashion. In doing so, it offers novel insights as to how economic crises are experienced at a global level.

ISBN: 9781785338700

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136 pages