Austerity Konzelmann Hardback Polity Press 9781509534869

Austerity\nby Suzanne J. Konzelmann\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Suzanne J. Konzelmann\nTitle: Austerity\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Economic theory and philosophy\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd\nPublication year: 2019\nISBN-13: 9781509534869\nISBN-10: 1509534865\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nAusterity has been at the center of political controversy following the 2008 financial crisis, invoked by politicians and academics across the political spectrum as the answer to, or cause of, our post-crash economic malaise. However, despite being the cause of debate for more than three centuries, austerity remains a poorly understood concept. \nIn this book, Suzanne J. Konzelmann aims to demystify austerity as an economic policy, a political idea, and a social p.