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Austerity, community action, and the future of citizenship in Europe / edited by Shana Cohen, Christina Fuhr and Jan-Jonathan Bock.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public welfare--Europe.
- Public welfare.
- Community organization.
- Social action.
- Europe.
- Social action--Europe.
- Community organization--Europe.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 302 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- The politics of austerity has seven 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 needs, from basic items such as food to more complex means to move out of poverty. Bringing together scholars from different disciplines and practitioners in several areas of social intervention, the book explores how practices of citizenship and community are changing because of the retreat of the state. The book analyses how the challenges of meeting social and material needs create new opportunities for local activism. The book provides new ways of thinking about social and political belonging and about the relations between individual, collective, and state responsibility. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction: social activism, belonging and citizenship in a period of crisis / Shana Cohen Cohen, Shana, Jan-Jonathan Bock Bock, Jan-Jonathan 1
- Part I The social consequences of welfare policy 23
- 2 Fulfilling basic human needs: the welfare state after Beveridge / Patrick Diamond Diamond, Patrick 25
- 3 Social division and resentment in the aftermath of the economic slump / Gabriella Elgenius Elgenius, Gabriella 39
- Part II The practice of social good 63
- 4 Austerity and social welfare in the UK: a perspective from the advice sector / Amardeep Bansil Bansil, Amardeep 65
- 5 Breaking the hold of debt: Cambridge Money Advice Centre / John Morris Morris, John 81
- 6 Community finance: the emergence of credit unions in London / Paul A Jones Jones, Paul A, Michelle Howlin Howlin, Michelle 95
- 7 Finding employment and living a good life in London / Chris Price Price, Chris 115
- 8 The Tafel and food poverty in Germany / Sabine Werth Werth, Sabine 131
- 9 Addressing food poverty in the UK / Sarah Greenwood Greenwood, Sarah 143
- 10 Helping the homeless: a soup kitchen in London / Martin Stone Stone, Martin 157
- Part III Social change and neoliberalism 169
- 11 Social initiatives and social solidarity under austerity / Christina Fuhr Fuhr, Christina 171
- 12 The new economy of poverty / Stefan Selke Selke, Stefan 197
- 13 Challenges for the struggle against austerity in Britain and Europe / Thomas Jeffrey Miley Miley, Thomas Jeffrey 217
- Part IV Situating solidarity in perspective 237
- 14 Individualism and community in historical perspective / Jon Lawrence Lawrence, Jon 239
- 15 Aiming for reconnection: responsible citizenship / Christopher Baker Baker, Christopher 255
- 116 Conclusion: citizenship, community and solidarity at the end of the welfare state / Jan-Jonathan Bock Bock, Jan-Jonathan, Shana Cohen Cohen, Shana 277.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781447331032
- 1447331036
- OCLC:
- 975486822
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