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Austerity Bites: A Journey to the Sharp End of Cuts in the UK
Mary O´hara
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Description for Austerity Bites: A Journey to the Sharp End of Cuts in the UK
Paperback. This timely book by award-winning journalist Mary O'Hara chronicles the true impact of austerity on people at the sharp end of the cuts, based on her 12-month journey around the country in 2012 and 2013 and fully updated for the paperback edition Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFA; JPP; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
Voted one of the Guardian best books of 2014 by Owen Jones. After coming to power in May 2010, the Coalition government in the United Kingdom embarked on a drastic programme of cuts to public spending and introduced a raft of austerity measures that had profoundly damaging effects on much of the population. This bestselling book by award-winning journalist Mary O’Hara chronicles the true impact of austerity on people at the sharp end, based on her ‘real-time’ 12-month journey around the country just as the most radical reforms were being rolled out in 2012 and 2013. Drawing on hundreds of ... Read more
Voted one of the Guardian best books of 2014 by Owen Jones. After coming to power in May 2010, the Coalition government in the United Kingdom embarked on a drastic programme of cuts to public spending and introduced a raft of austerity measures that had profoundly damaging effects on much of the population. This bestselling book by award-winning journalist Mary O’Hara chronicles the true impact of austerity on people at the sharp end, based on her ‘real-time’ 12-month journey around the country just as the most radical reforms were being rolled out in 2012 and 2013. Drawing on hundreds of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
365g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447315704
SKU
V9781447315704
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Ref
99-1
About Mary O´hara
Mary O’Hara is an award-winning journalist, author and producer. Her journalism appears in publications including The Guardian and Mosaic Science. She is the author of two books: The Shame Game: Overturning the toxic poverty narrative (2020) & Austerity Bites: A journey to the sharp end of cuts in the UK (2014) and is founder of the multi-platform anti-poverty initiative, Project ... Read more
Reviews for Austerity Bites: A Journey to the Sharp End of Cuts in the UK
"A fine record of how it feels to be among those who have been selected to pay the highest price for a crisis they had no part in producing." Sociology "Should be required reading for every MP, peer, councillor, civil servant and commentator. The fury and sense of powerlessness that so many people feel at government policy beam out of ... Read more