In the aftermath of the global financial crisis in 2008, Britain's government put into effect a hotly contested series of major cuts in public expenditure with the stated aim of restoring economic security. Since then, this reign of austerity continues to devastate contemporary Britain through a disconnected and unaffected political elite. In The Violence of Austerity, David Whyte and Vickie Cooper bring together the passionate voices of campaigners and academics to show that rather than stimulating economic growth, austerity policies have led to a dismantling of the social...
In the aftermath of the global financial crisis in 2008, Britain's government put into effect a hotly contested series of major cuts in public expendi...
