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Title Austerity, community action, and the future of citizenship in Europe / edited by Shana Cohen, Christina Fuhr and Jan-Jonathan Bock
Published Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2017
ß2017

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 302 pages)
Contents Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction: social activism, belonging and citizenship in a period of crisis -- The social consequences of welfare policy -- Fulfilling basic human needs: the welfare state after Beveridge -- Social division and resentment in the aftermath of the economic slump -- The practice of social good -- Austerity and social welfare in the UK: a perspective from the advice sector -- Breaking the hold of debt: Cambridge Money Advice Centre -- Community finance: the emergence of credit unions in London -- Finding employment and living a good life in London -- The Tafel and food poverty in Germany -- Addressing food poverty in the UK -- Helping the homeless: a soup kitchen in London -- Social change and neoliberalism -- Social initiatives and social solidarity under austerity -- The new economy of poverty -- Challenges for the struggle against austerity in Britain and Europe -- Situating solidarity in perspective -- Individualism and community in historical perspective -- Aiming for reconnection: responsible citizenship -- Conclusion: citizenship, community and solidarity at the end of the welfare state -- Index
Summary As austerity measures continue to lead to cutbacks in basic social services, a number of grassroots organizations have grown up or expanded throughout Europe to help provide for citizens' basic needs. This book looks at a number of both secular and faith-based groups in Berlin and London to show how they and their activism have evolved in response to those changes in economic policy. It brings together scholars from different disciplines and practitioners in several areas of social intervention to explore how the very ideas of citizenship and community have begun to change in the wake of cutbacks to the welfare state. -- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
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Subject Public welfare -- Europe.
Social action -- Europe
Community organization -- Europe
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Policy.
Community organization
Public welfare
Social action
Europe
Form Electronic book
Author Bock, Jan-Jonathan, editor
Fuhr, Christina, 1981- editor.
Cohen, Shana, 1966- editor.
ISBN 1447331044
9781447331049
9781447331087
1447331087
9781447331070
1447331079