Austerity, Community Action, and the Future of Citizenship in Europe

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Christopher Baker, Jon Lawrence, Thomas Jeffrey Miley , Stefan Selke

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Policy Press
17 October 2018

Poverty & unemployment; Social welfare & social services; Welfare economics

This edited collection explores secular and faith-based grassroots social action in Berlin and London that has evolved as a response to economic policy and expanding needs for basic items such as food and more complex means to move out of poverty. It brings together scholars from different disciplines and practitioners in several areas of social intervention, to explore how the conceptualization and constitutive practices of citizenship and community are now changing because of the retreat of the State, the challenge of meeting social and material needs, and new opportunities for local activism.

Contributions by: Christopher Baker, Jon Lawrence, Thomas Jeffrey Miley, Stefan Selke, Sarah Greenwood
Imprint: Policy Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781447331063
ISBN 10: 1447331060
Pages: 314
Publication Date: 17 October 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: social activism, belonging and citizenship in a period of crisis ~ Shana Cohen and Jan-Jonathan Bock Part I: The social consequences of welfare policy Fulfilling basic human needs: the welfare state after Beveridge ~ Patrick Diamond Social division and resentment in the aftermath of the economic slump ~ Gabriella Elgenius; Part II: The practice of social good Austerity and social welfare in the UK: a perspective from the advice sector ~ Amardeep Bansil Breaking the hold of debt: Cambridge Money Advice Centre ~ John Morris Community finance: the emergence of credit unions in London ~ Paul A Jones and Michelle Howlin Finding employment and living a good life in London ~ Chris Price The Tafel and food poverty in Germany ~ Sabine Werth Addressing food poverty in the UK ~ Sarah Greenwood Helping the homeless: a soup kitchen in London ~ Martin Stone Part III: Social change and neoliberalism Social initiatives and social solidarity under austerity ~ Christina Fuhr The new economy of poverty ~ Stefan Selke Challenges for the struggle against austerity in Britain and Europe ~ Thomas Jeffrey Miley Part IV: Situating solidarity in perspective Individualism and community in historical perspective ~ Jon Lawrence Aiming for reconnection: responsible citizenship ~ Christopher Baker Conclusion: citizenship, community and solidarity at the end of the welfare state ~ Jan-Jonathan Bock and Shana Cohen

Shana Cohen is Deputy Director of the Woolf Institute in Cambridge, UK and Associate Researcher with the Sociology Department, University of Cambridge. She is leading on a comparative analysis of local responses to austerity in Europe. Christina Fuhr has a PhD in Sociology from Oxford University. She is currently a Junior Research Fellow at the Woolf Institute in Cambridge and has focused her research on food banks and homeless shelters in Berlin and London. Jan-Jonathan Bock holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Cambridge, and is currently a Junior Research Fellow at the Woolf Institute and a Research Associate at St Edmund's College, Cambridge. He is studying crisis experiences, changing practices of citizenship, and realities of pluralism in Berlin and Rome.

Reviews for Austerity, Community Action, and the Future of Citizenship in Europe

This timely volume engages scholars of citizenship, social activists and those concerned for the future of social democracy in Europe . Bob Deacon, Professor of International Social Policy, University of Sheffield