Politics of Austerity

A Recent History

AvMichael Burton

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

This book considers the relationship between public spending and public deficit and the varying successes and difficulties governments have had in recent years to balance the two.

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Utgivningsdatum:2016-10-21
Mått:148 x 210 x 18 mm
Vikt:418 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:215
Upplaga:16001
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137486295

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Michael Burton has been writing and speaking about central and local government for over 30 years as Editor and now Editorial Director for the Hemming Group in London, magazine publishers and event organisers. His previous book is The Politics of Public Sector Reform from Thatcher to the Coalition (2013).

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements.- List of Tables.- Introduction.- Part One: austerity in the UK.- Chapter one: the rise of public spending.- Chapter two: the party’s over.- Chapter three: the end of consensus.- Chapter four: from boom to bust.- Chapter five: austerity Britain.- Chapter six: light at the end of the tunnel.- Part Two: global experiences of austerity.- Chapter seven: deficit reduction in the United States.- Chapter eight: austerity in Europe.- Chapter nine: two case studies, Canada and Sweden.- Chapter ten: some Asia Pacific case studies.- Chapter eleven: is austerity necessary?.- Conclusion.- Index.