{"product_id":"9781447319122","title":"Social Policy in Times of Austerity: Towards a New International Political Economy of Welfare","description":"\u003cbr\u003eThe effects of the 2008 financial crisis were ameliorated by large-scale social policy interventions, which both helped limit the depth and duration of the crisis and softened its worst effects on citizens. Yet in the wake of the crisis, those very same social policies and the welfare state they support have come under attack.\u003cp\u003eThere is, however, reason to be optimistic, argue the contributors to \u003ci\u003eSocial Policy in Times of Austerity\u003c\/i\u003e. Bringing together leading scholars engaged in the debate over austerity and the future of the welfare state, the book traces the strong currents of resistance to austerity that continue to thrive within organizations, governments, and the citizenry at large.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Policy Press at the Univ of Bristol","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043265462512,"sku":"9781447319122","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781447319122_p0.jpg?v=1769906521","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781447319122","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}