{"product_id":"contesting-austerity-anuscheh-farahat-9781509942817","title":"Contesting Austerity: A Socio-Legal Inquiry","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book addresses the different forms of austerity, contestation and resistance, in order to understand how they relate to one another and the impact they have on the democratic quality of public debates, the trust in public institutions and the legitimacy of law. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContestation of austerity includes not only traditional activism strategies such as human rights litigation and direct democracy instruments, but also new forms of collective action and collaborative resistance. Most importantly, many of the new anti-austerity initiatives also aim to renovate existing modes of democratic decision-making on the European, national, regional and local levels. The book focuses on different types of contesting austerity measures and the interaction between institutional and civil society actors. It will enhance understanding of how the various actors frame not only their goal but also the underlying social conflict to contest austerity and through which means they try to achieve political and legal changes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith 16 chapters written by contributors from Spain, Germany, Greece, Portugal and the UK, the book approaches 3 crucial areas of austerity policies: cuts in payment and pensions, labour law reform, and old and new poverty. In each field, the contributors analyse the processes of decision-making and contestation from 3 perspectives: institutions, democratic theory and societal responses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anuscheh Farahat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1509942815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781509942817\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hart Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d","brand":"Anuscheh Farahat","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088484380927,"sku":"9781509942817","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_90a62020-ea0a-4db5-8bbf-9e6d8aae61dc.jpg?v=1769105024","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/contesting-austerity-anuscheh-farahat-9781509942817","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}