The Contradictions of Austerity

The Socio-Economic Costs of the Neoliberal Baltic Model
Herausgeber: Sommers, Jeffrey; Woolfson, Charles

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Produktbeschreibung

With a foreword by James K. Galbraith, this timely book assesses the extent to which the export of the Baltic model of austerity has the potential to generate disruptions in Europe, the book presents cautionary instruction to European and global leaders embracing the Baltic model as a cure for their current economic predicament.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780415820035
• ISBN-10: 0415820030
• Artikelnr.: 39525588

Autorenporträt

Jeffrey Sommers is Associate Professor of Political Economy & Public Policy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Charles Woolfson is a labour sociologist at the Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity, and Society (REMESO), Linköping University, Sweden.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Austerity, Internal Devaluation and Social (In)Security in
Latvia 2. Stockholm Syndrome in the Baltics 3. Failed and Asymmetrical
Integration 4. The Lithuanian Labor Market under the Impact of Crisis 5.
Balancing between Exit, Voice and Loyalty: Labor Market Policy Choices in
Estonia Conclusion