Research Highlights and Abstract Examines how fiscal deficit reduction has been
legitimated in the United Kingdom Uses focus groups with taxpayers in order to explore how …

Depoliticization has emerged as a key concept for explaining the legitimation of austerity
during the euro crisis: in the face of growing social unrest over their austerity-based crisis …

This thesis examines the affective life of austerity with a particular focus on UK public
libraries. It moves understandings of austerity beyond simply a fiscal policy towards …

This article examines the role of ideological mechanisms in support of long-term economic
liberalisation. Specifically we examine the ideological roles of comparative advantage and …

The primary, original contribution to knowledge of this thesis lies in understanding
Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) as central in the ongoing reconfiguration of 'civil society'in …

Since the late 2000s, Hong Kong has witnessed constant conflicts with the Hong Kong and
Chinese government. Rather than explaining these conflicts as political or cultural conflicts …

This thesis aims to characterise and analyse the political strategies pursued by the EU
institutions and the national governments of its member states in order to manage the so …