Suchergebnisse

Part I: The undercurrents -- Chapter 1 From boom to bust -- Chapter 2 'What has the EU ever done for us?' -- Chapter 3 The immigration debate -- Chapter 4 Globalism and 'the left behind'. Chapter 5 The great faultline: Europe and the Conservatives -- Part II: The catalysts -- Chapter 6: Austerity -- Chapter 7 Cameron opts for a referendum -- Chapter 8 Pulling up the drawbridge -- Chapter 9 The disrupters -- Chapter 10 The recovery that wasn't -- Chapter 11 Labour turns to populism -- Chapter 12 Dress rehearsal for the referendum -- Part III: The brave new world -- Chapter 13 Road map to the referendum -- Chapter 14 The referendum -- Chapter 15 The merry months of May -- Chapter 16: The gamble that failed -- Chapter 17 Brexit unravels -- Chapter 18 Boris and the Brexiteers -- Chapter 19 Aftermath.

Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Terminology -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: The Politics of Austerity: A Recent History -- Introduction -- Notes -- Part I: Austerity in the UK -- Chapter 2: The Rise of Public Spending -- The Background to Public Spending -- From Great War to Great Depression -- The New Welfare State and Post-War Consensus -- Never Had It So Good -- Spending Under Labour 1964-1970 -- Notes -- Chapter 3: The Party's Over -- The Rise and Fall of Selsdon Man -- The Party's Over -- The IMF Crisis of 1976 -- Notes -- Chapter 4: The End of Consensus

This book considers the relationship between public spending and public deficit and the varying successes and difficulties governments have had in recent years to balance the two. As the fiscal crash of 2007/8 turned into the Great Recession and tax revenues tumbled, public finances across the UK, the USA and Europe plunged into deficit. Controversial attempts by governments to balance their budgets, commonly described as austerity by critics, had mixed success, politically and economically. Michael Burton outlines how politicians tackled the worst economic downturn in over half a century, drawing on previous examples of deficit-reduction to see how governments managed public finances in recessions and where austerity worked and where it failed. This two-part book, which for the first time provides an historical context to austerity, analyses firstly deficit-reduction in the UK in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2010-2016, and then looks at case studies in Europe, the USA, Canada and Asia Pacific. The author concludes that with the ageing population placing greater pressure through health and pensions on the public finances of the developed world, politicians and their electorates will have to learn to live long-term with austerity.

The first comprehensive 'bird's eye' account of public sector reform supported by references from over 400 official sources, this book is an invaluable guide to all those in the public, private and voluntary sectors grappling with the twin challenges of managing public spending austerity and the pressure in response to transform public services.

The first comprehensive 'bird's eye' account of public sector reform supported by references from over 400 official sources, this book is an invaluable guide to all those in the public, private and voluntary sectors grappling with the twin challenges of managing public spending austerity and the pressure in response to transform public services. The UK public sector faces an unprecedented long-term challenge. A decade of plenty in the public finances has been followed by a decade and more of austerity. Public services are undergoing long-term annual spending cuts even as demographic changes create soaring demand in health, education and adult care. The challenge for the public sector is how to radically transform and adapt to the new era while avoiding the mistakes of previous reform programmes. In this first comprehensive 'bird's eye' account of public sector reform supported by studies from over 400 official sources, the book offers an invaluable practical guide to all those in the public, private and voluntary sectors grappling with the twin challenges of public spending austerity and the pressure to transform public services and ensure they are 'fit for purpose.