Farahat A, Arzoz X (2021)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Edited Volume
Subtype: Book
Publication year: 2021
Publisher: Hart Publishing
Edition: 1
ISBN: 978-1-5099-4281-7
This book addresses the different forms of austerity, contestation and
resistance, in order to understand how they relate to one another and
the impact they have on the democratic quality of public debates, the
trust in public institutions and the legitimacy of law.
Contestation
of austerity includes not only traditional activism strategies such as
human rights litigation and direct democracy instruments, but also new
forms of collective action and collaborative resistance. Most
importantly, many of the new anti-austerity initiatives also aim to
renovate existing modes of democratic decision-making on the European,
national, regional and local levels. The book focuses on different types
of contesting austerity measures and the interaction between
institutional and civil society actors. It will enhance understanding of
how the various actors frame not only their goal but also the
underlying social conflict to contest austerity and through which means
they try to achieve political and legal changes.
With 16
chapters written by contributors from Spain, Germany, Greece, Portugal
and the UK, the book approaches 3 crucial areas of austerity policies:
cuts in payment and pensions, labour law reform, and old and new
poverty. In each field, the contributors analyse the processes of
decision-making and contestation from 3 perspectives: institutions,
democratic theory and societal responses.
APA:
Farahat, A., & Arzoz, X. (Eds.) (2021). Contesting Austerity. A Socio-Legal Inquiry. Hart Publishing.
MLA:
Farahat, Anuscheh, and Xabier Arzoz, eds. Contesting Austerity. A Socio-Legal Inquiry. Hart Publishing, 2021.
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