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This book addresses the different forms of austerity, contestation and resistance, in order to understand how they relate to one another and the impact they have on the democratic quality of public debates, the trust in public institutions and the legitimacy of law. Contestation of austerity includes not only traditional activism strategies such as human rights litigation and direct democracy instruments, but also new forms of collective action and collaborative resistance. Most importantly, many of the new anti-austerity initiatives also aim to renovate existing modes of democratic decision-making on the European, national, regional and local levels. The book focuses on different types of contesting austerity measures and the interaction between institutional and civil society actors. It will enhance understanding of how the various actors frame not only their goal but also the underlying social conflict to contest austerity and through which means they try to achieve political and legal changes. With 16 chapters written by contributors from Spain, Germany, Greece, Portugal and the UK, the book approaches 3 crucial areas of austerity policies: cuts in payment and pensions, labour law reform, and old and new poverty. In each field, the contributors analyse the processes of decision-making and contestation from 3 perspectives: institutions, democratic theory and societal responses.

Finance, Public --- Fiscal policy --- Politique fiscale --- Finances publiques --- Politique d'austérité --- Law and legislation --- Droit

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La 4e de couverture indique : "Dans le contexte de récession économique qu'a connu l'Europe après la crise financière de 2008, de nombreux pays ont adopté des plans d'austérité budgétaire drastiques sous la pression des marchés financiers et de ladite " Troïka " (Commission européenne, Banque centrale européenne, Fonds monétaire international). Quelle que soit leur orientation idéologique, les gouvernements d'Europe du Sud ont mené des réformes économiques similaires et produit des discours comparables pour les justifier. Cet ouvrage s'intéresse à la nature et aux causes de cette convergence observée durant la crise : peut-on identifier la présence d'un discours d'austérité aux caractéristiques communes, indépendamment des frontières nationales et partisanes ? À quoi peut-on l'attribuer ? Pour répondre à ces questions, l'ouvrage privilégie l'analyse du discours et s'intéresse à deux cas d'étude en particulier : l'Italie et l'Espagne. Les interventions de trois chefs de gouvernement - José Luis Zapatero, Mariano Rajoy et Mario Monti - sont minutieusement analysées entre 2010 et 2013. À travers l'étude des contradictions et des écueils du discours d'austérité, l'ouvrage livre un éclairage nouveau sur la crise de légitimité et sur les transformations des lignes d'affrontement politique que traversent les démocraties européennes."

Tax and expenditure limitations --- Communication in politics --- Rhetoric --- Impôt et dépenses publiques --- Communication politique --- Discours politique --- Political aspects --- Réduction --- Italy --- Spain --- Economic policy --- Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 --- Economic conditions --- Langage politique. --- Politique d'austérité. --- Politique économique --- Langage politique --- Politique d'austérité --- Rhetoric - Political aspects - Italy --- Rhetoric - Political aspects - Spain --- Italy - Economic conditions - 21st century --- Spain - Economic conditions - 21st century --- Politique d'austérité --- Politique économique

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Governments should spend no more than their tax income.' Most people in Europe and North America accept this statement as simple common sense. It matches the deeply engrained economic metaphors that dominate public discourse, from 'living within your means' to 'balancing the budget' - all necessary, or so conventional wisdom holds, to avoid the dangers of debt, taxation and financial ruin. This book shows how these homely metaphors constitute the 'debt delusion' a set of plausible-sounding yet false ideas that have been used to justify damaging austerity policies. John Weeks debunks these myths, explaining both the true story behind public spending, taxation, and debt, and the real function of these in the management of our economies. He demonstrates that disputes about public finances are not primarily technical matters best left to specialists and experts, as many politicians would have us believe, but rather fundamentally questions about our true political priorities. Requiring no prior economic knowledge, this is an ideal primer for anyone wishing to cut through the rhetoric and misinformation that dominate political debates on economics and become an informed citizen.

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