Debates about economic policy in Britain have been dominated by claims that sovereign
debt problems are due to loose fiscal policy and excessive spending rather than volatile …

The 2008 financial crisis and its impacts on the urban landscape contributed to a
proliferation of research on the financialization of urban space, particularly of housing …

Since 2010 the UK has enacted radical welfare reforms that have led to greater poverty,
homelessness, indebtedness, and foodbank use. It has diverged from other European …

This article advances the notion of 'the substitutive state'to explore the changing character of
state institutions and state action in the context of neoliberalization. This understanding is …

Do we judge the poor? Do we fear them? Do we have a moral obligation to help those in
need? The moral and social grounds of solidarity and deservedness in relation to aid for …

Industrial policy has been on the agenda of British policy elites since the 2008 financial
crisis, particularly since Theresa May became Prime Minister in 2016. This has been seen …

Brexit has reopened and repoliticised the debate about future growth models for the UK
economy. This contribution argues that this debate is built around historically specific path …

This paper investigates policy responses to the Great Recession in Sweden, the United
Kingdom and Germany. Faced with the global financial crisis in 2007, responses in the …

Recent work on consultants and academics in public policy has highlighted their
transformational role. The paper traces how, in the absence of an explicit government …

Who has power in the construction of economic news in the United Kingdom? Are social
media reshaping how this power is enabled? We examine the public Twitter interactions …