TY - BOOK
T1 - Hope Under Neoliberal Austerity
T2 - Responses from Civil Society and Civic Universities
A2 - Steer, Mel
A2 - Davoudi, Simin
A2 - Shucksmith, Mark
A2 - Todd, Liz
PY - 2021/4/26
Y1 - 2021/4/26
N2 - This edited book collection explores the role of the public sector, civil society and the civic university during austerity and neoliberalism and the challenges facing communities today. Using the North East of England as a lens and drawing on practical examples of case studies of action, it considers responsibilisation, a diminished public sector, the rise of civil society and the civic university. At the heart of the book is the key question of whether the decline of the state and the rise of civil society is to be celebrated or despaired. Chapters on case studies of action cover key aspects of social policy such as housing, education, young people’s cultural participation and food insecurity. Each case study chapter is jointly written by a university researcher and a case study practitioner and describes new and established examples of collaboration, co-production, resistance and hope that are relevant to advanced economies today. Critical engagement with the civic university mission and critical reflection on the unequal impacts of austerity and Covid-19 on women, young people and frontline workers is provided. The book concludes with the implications for social renewal, social justice and the social contract.
AB - This edited book collection explores the role of the public sector, civil society and the civic university during austerity and neoliberalism and the challenges facing communities today. Using the North East of England as a lens and drawing on practical examples of case studies of action, it considers responsibilisation, a diminished public sector, the rise of civil society and the civic university. At the heart of the book is the key question of whether the decline of the state and the rise of civil society is to be celebrated or despaired. Chapters on case studies of action cover key aspects of social policy such as housing, education, young people’s cultural participation and food insecurity. Each case study chapter is jointly written by a university researcher and a case study practitioner and describes new and established examples of collaboration, co-production, resistance and hope that are relevant to advanced economies today. Critical engagement with the civic university mission and critical reflection on the unequal impacts of austerity and Covid-19 on women, young people and frontline workers is provided. The book concludes with the implications for social renewal, social justice and the social contract.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85112427729&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1332/policypress/9781447356820.001.0001
DO - 10.1332/policypress/9781447356820.001.0001
M3 - Book
AN - SCOPUS:85112427729
SN - 9781447356820
BT - Hope Under Neoliberal Austerity
PB - Policy Press
CY - Bristol
ER -