Introduction: tightening our belts -- Austerity and the appeal of the past -- Authoritarian populism, traditionalism and austerity -- The mediatisation of austerity and the case of benefits street -- Immigration, austerity and the welfare state -- Austere creativity, community and impasses around the welfare state -- Trade union activism after the 2010 student protests -- Spaces of solidarity -- Conclusion: towards a politics of interdependency and care -- Conclusion: from austerity to brexit and Trump, and the politics of the "ordinary" -- Right populism and "ordinary people" -- Can the public mood be shifted?
Summary
Explores how politicians and the press in the UK mobilise support for 'austerity' through appealing to socially conservative conceptions of work and community. It examines the techniques of anti-austerity social movements in challenging the prevailing mood of guilt, nostalgia and resentment and how they offer radical alternatives for social change
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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