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The Violence of Austerity
Vickie Cooper
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Description for The Violence of Austerity
Paperback. An edited collection which explores the different facets of how austerity in Britain is a form of institutional violence Editor(s): Cooper, Vickie; Whyte, David. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JHB; JK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135. .
Austerity, a response to the aftermath of the financial crisis, continues to devastate contemporary Britain. In The Violence of Austerity, Vickie Cooper and David Whyte bring together the voices of campaigners and academics including Danny Dorling, Mary O'Hara and Rizwaan Sabir to show that rather than stimulating economic growth, austerity policies have led to a dismantling of the social systems that operated as a buffer against economic hardship, exposing austerity to be a form of systematic violence. Covering a range of famous cases of institutional violence in Britain, the book argues that police attacks on the homeless, violent evictions in the rented sector, the risks faced by people on workfare schemes, community violence in Northern Ireland and cuts to the regulation of social protection, are all being driven by reductions in public sector funding. The result is a shocking expose of the myriad ways in which austerity policies harm people in Britain.
Product Details
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745399485
SKU
V9780745399485
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99-2
About Vickie Cooper
Vickie Cooper is a Lecturer in Criminology at the Open University where she is Co-Director of HERC (Harm and Evidence Research Collaborative) and researches issues related to homelessness, criminal justice system, housing and eviction. She is the co-editor of The Violence of Austerity (Pluto, 2017). David Whyte is Professor of Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Liverpool where he researches issues related to corporate violence and corporate corruption. He is the co-editor of How Corrupt is Britain? (Pluto, 2015) and The Violence of Austerity (Pluto, 2017).
Reviews for The Violence of Austerity
'A vital reminder to tell the tragedy of modern Britain like it is'
Alice Nutter, screenwriter and former singer, Chumbawumba 'An important book'
Counterfire 'Eye opening ... enlightening and an education'
The Canary 'A well-written and shocking expose of the institutional violence of the state'
Morning Star 'This book leaves the reader in no doubt that government actions have the power to make or break lives and communities'
Lynsey Hanley, The Guardian, and Author of Estates 'In this brilliant book, Vickie Cooper and David Whyte bring together the arguments that break down the sick Tory Party political violence against the people of Britain. This book shows that there is only one response to the imposition of austerity as a crude and violent political strategy, and that is to turn our anger back against the Tories'
Chunky Mark, Artist Taxi Driver 'A dazzling collection of short essays which detail how state violence is unfolding in Britain on multiple scales and in myriad forms'
Imogen Tyler, Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University, author of Revolting Subjects: Social Abjection and Resistance in Neoliberal Britain (Zed, 2013) 'Essential reading for our times'
Lowkey 'An analytical masterpiece, describing what has happened to our communities as a result of austerity'
John McDonnell MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
Alice Nutter, screenwriter and former singer, Chumbawumba 'An important book'
Counterfire 'Eye opening ... enlightening and an education'
The Canary 'A well-written and shocking expose of the institutional violence of the state'
Morning Star 'This book leaves the reader in no doubt that government actions have the power to make or break lives and communities'
Lynsey Hanley, The Guardian, and Author of Estates 'In this brilliant book, Vickie Cooper and David Whyte bring together the arguments that break down the sick Tory Party political violence against the people of Britain. This book shows that there is only one response to the imposition of austerity as a crude and violent political strategy, and that is to turn our anger back against the Tories'
Chunky Mark, Artist Taxi Driver 'A dazzling collection of short essays which detail how state violence is unfolding in Britain on multiple scales and in myriad forms'
Imogen Tyler, Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University, author of Revolting Subjects: Social Abjection and Resistance in Neoliberal Britain (Zed, 2013) 'Essential reading for our times'
Lowkey 'An analytical masterpiece, describing what has happened to our communities as a result of austerity'
John McDonnell MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer