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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.
- Social action--Europe.
- Social action.
- Community organization--Europe.
- Community organization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 302 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- Exploring secular and faith-based grassroots social action in Germany and the UK, this book provides new ways of thinking about social and political belonging and about the relations between individual, collective and state responsibility.
- 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
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Apr 2022).
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4473-3108-7
- 1-4473-3105-2
- 1-4473-3104-4
- OCLC:
- 1280926916
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