
Is Austerity Gendered?
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 a...
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 a...