The Just's Umbrella: Austerity and the Big Society in Coalition policy and beyond

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 320-342

  Levitas, Ruth ^a  

^a Wills Memorial Building   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

austerity; Big Society; Coalition policy; equality; Utopia

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; ECONOMIC POLICY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; NEOLIBERALISM; PUBLIC SPENDING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84863729642     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: 1461703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018312444408     Document Type: Article

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