Austerity Policies

Peter Rushton is Professor of Historical Sociology at the University of Sunderland, and leader of the REF Unit in History for the 2014 research exercise.​Catherine Donovan is a Professor in Social Relations and is Research Lead in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Sunderland.

• 1. Introduction; Peter Rushton and Catherine Donovan.- Part One. Austerity: A Break with the Past?.- 2. Austerity: a Critical History of the Present; Peter Rushton.- 3. Austerity and the Undermining of Democracy; Ilona Buchroth and Linda Hetherington.- 4. Mothering in an Age of Austerity; Sheila Quaid.- Part Two.Undermining Professionals.- 5. Austerity and De-Professionalisation; Nigel Malin.- 6. Inspecting 'Transforming Rehabilitation': The Pitfalls of an Austerity Managerialist Approach to Offender Supervision; Nicola Roberts.- 7. Poverty, Regulation and New Forms of Educational Exclusion; Kim Gilligan.- Part Three. Some Consequences of Twenty-First Century Austerity. - 8. Cutting the Ribbon? Austerity Measures and the Problems Faced by the HIV Third Sector; Drew Dalton.- 9. “Well That Would Be Nice, but We Can't do That in the Current Climate”: Prioritising Services Under Austerity; Catherine Donovan and Matt Durey.- 10. Dangerous Times for Looked-After Children: Austerity Cuts Risking the Lives of the Most Vulnerable; Stephanie Hunter.- 11. The ‘New Normal’: Framing Vulnerability, Entitlement and Responsibility in Police Custody in Austere Times; Faye Cosgrove and Donna Peacock.

“This is an excellent addition to the growing literature examining the impact of austerity on individuals, families and communities. … Austerity Policies: Bad Ideas in Practice will be of interest to students, practitioners and other readers from a range of academic and professional backgrounds.” (Ian Cummins, Critical Social Policy, Vol. 39 (3), 2019)