This book takes up the problems of social policy state intervention and support in the hard
times of austerity introduced by the Coalition government 2010-15 and continued under the
Conservative government today. At a time when the economy is growing and pay levels finally
rising the necessity for more cuts in public expenditure is fiercely contested. The scope of
state services the levels of support for people in need and the kinds of organizations that
will deliver the services will all be profoundly affected in coming years. The authors and
editors assess some of these consequences visible now in the impact that expenditure cuts and
reorganization have had on many areas of social policy and explore the direction of change in
the near future.Austerity Policies evaluates a wide range of changing form of state services
and the transformations involving both the recipients and those delivering the services. It
considers the past present and future of austerity as a policy and the problems affecting
particular groups such as offenders looked after children and professionals such as social
care workers and those engaged with domestic violence. The collection will be of interest to
students and scholars of social policy criminology sociology politics and media studies.
