Based on a workshop "Contesting Austerity: A Socio-Legal Inquity into Resistance to Austerity" hosted by Onati International Institute for the Sociology of Law, June 2019.--Onati Institute website. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Contestation and integration in times of crisis : the law and the challenge of austerity / Anuscheh Farahat and Xabier Arzoz -- The crisis relevance of political theory in times of austerity / Martin Nonhoff -- New forms of government induced by crisis management / Miguel Azpitarte -- Unravelling the politicisation-depoliticisation nexus of decontestatory politics during the Euro-crisis / Marius Hildebrand -- Integration-through-crisis : a new mode of European integration? / Nicole Scicluna -- Challenging austerity before European courts / Carlos Aymerich -- (Re)Turning to solidarity EU economic governance : a normative proposal / Ana Bobic -- The political role of the Greek council of state under circumstances of economic emergency / Elisavet Lampropoulou -- Taking social rights seriously? The Spanish Case / Juli Ponce -- Constitutional adjudication as a forum for contesting austerity : the case of Portugal / Teresa Violante -- Contesting austerity : the role of trade unions in the UK / K D Ewing -- The role of trade unions in the age of austerity : resistance and power resources in Portugal / Hermes Augusto Costa -- By-products of austerity : regionalisation of collective bargaining in Spain / Julia Lopez Lopez and Sergio Canalda Criado -- International labour regulations as a retaining wall against austerity : the Spanish experience / Consuelo Chacartegui and Xabier Arzoz -- Socioeconomic rights enforcement and resource allocation in times of austerity : the case of Greece 2015-2018 / Akritas Kaidatzis -- Labour gender gaps and EU VET policy : young women with low educational attainment / Nuria Pumar -- Age and the politics of austerity : the case of Spain / Pau Mari-Klose and Francisco Javier Moreno-Fuentes.
Summary:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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