Is Austerity Gendered?

by Diane Perrons

Austerity has dominated the policy agenda in the past decade. Although it appeared to end with the COVID-19 pandemic, a return to harsh cutbacks in the future cannot be ruled out.

In this incisive analysis, Diane Perrons shows that while austerity policies have devastating effects on people's lives, their gendered dynamics are particularly conspicuous: budget cuts have been overwhelmingly aimed at services used by women. She shows how the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509526951
• ISBN13: 9781509526956
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.6"