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Contesting Austerity: A Socio-Legal Inquiry

Contesting Austerity: A Socio-Legal Inquiry

Author: Anuscheh Farahat; Xabier Arzoz
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781509942817

Published In: July 2021
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Paperback Edition ISBN: 9781509942855

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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.

Introduction: Contestation and Integration in Times of Crisis

Anuscheh Farahat (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany) and Xabier Arzoz (University of the Basque Country, Spain)

Part I - Contestation, Politicisation and Democracy: A Sensitive Virtuous Circle?

1. The Relevance of Political Theory in Times of Austerity

Martin Nonhoff (University of Bremen, Germany)

2. New Forms of Government Induced by Crisis Management

Miguel Azpitarte (University of Granada, Spain)

3. Unravelling the Politicisation-Depoliticisation-Nexus of Decontestory Politics during the Euro-Crisis

Marius Hildebrand (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)

4. Integration through Crisis: A New Mode of European Integration?

Nicole Scicluna (University of Hong Kong)

Part II - Austerity Measures under European and National Judicial Review

5. Challenging Austerity before European Courts

Carlos Aymerich (University of Coruña, Spain)

6. (Re)Turning to Solidarity in EU Economic Governance: A Normative Proposal

Ana Bobic (Hertie School of Governance, Germany)

7. The Political Role of the Greek Council of State under Circumstances of Economic Emergency

Elisavet Lampropoulou (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany)

8. Taking Social Rights Seriously? The Spanish Case

Juli Ponce Solé (University of Barcelona, Spain)

9. Constitutional Adjudication as a Forum for Contesting Austerity: The Case of Portugal

Teresa Violante (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)

Part III - Contesting Labour Law Reforms

10. Contesting Austerity: The Role of Trade Unions in the UK

Keith Ewing (King's College London, UK)

11. The Role of Trade Unions in the Age of Austerity: Resistance and Power Resources in Portugal

Hermes Augusto Costa (University of Coimbra, Portugal)

12. By-Products of Austerity: Regionalisation of Collective Bargaining in Spain

Julia López (Pompeu Fabra University, Spain) and Sergio Canalda (Pompeu Fabra University, Spain)

13. International Labour Regulations as a Retaining Wall against Austerity: The Spanish Experience

Consuelo Chacartegui Jávega (Pompeu Fabra University, Spain) and Xabier Arzoz (University of the Basque Country, Spain)

Part IV - Asymmetries and Competing Rationales in the Contestation of Austerity

14. Socio-Economic Rights Enforcement and Resource Allocation in Times of Austerity: The Case of Greece 2015-2018

Akritas Kaidatzis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

15. Labour Gender Gaps and EU VET Policy: Young Women with Low Educational Attainment

Núria Pumar Beltrán (University of Barcelona, Spain)

16. Age and the Politics of Austerity: The Case of Spain

Pau-Marí Klose (Spanish Parliament) and Francisco Javier Moreno-Fuentes (Spanish National Research Council)

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