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14 Fighting back? Britain’s shifting capitalism and its discontents
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David J. Bailey
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Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Introduction 1
- 1 Talking the country up, talking the country down 14
- 2 Missing the crisis? The denial of structural poverty in the ‘cost of living’ debate 32
- 3 Covid, Brexit and the emergence of national populism 53
- 4 The UK’s chronic territorial condition 77
- 5 The crisis in our NHS pre- and post-Covid 102
- 6 Who cares about care? The carelessness of adult social care policy 122
- 7 Social care or social harm? The chaotic organisation of support for Looked After Children in England 141
- 8 Cracks in the food system 163
- 9 What happened to all the anti-racists? 181
- 10 Gender, austerity and crisis in an age of catastrophe 199
- 11 The Conservatives and the climate crisis 222
- 12 The politics of debt and perpetual crisis 247
- 13 Brexit and the crisis of British democracy 266
- 14 Fighting back? Britain’s shifting capitalism and its discontents 288
- 15 Security in Britain today 310
- 16 What went wrong with Britain and what did Britain have to do with it? 329
- Contributors 342
- List of acronyms 349
- Index 351
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Introduction 1
- 1 Talking the country up, talking the country down 14
- 2 Missing the crisis? The denial of structural poverty in the ‘cost of living’ debate 32
- 3 Covid, Brexit and the emergence of national populism 53
- 4 The UK’s chronic territorial condition 77
- 5 The crisis in our NHS pre- and post-Covid 102
- 6 Who cares about care? The carelessness of adult social care policy 122
- 7 Social care or social harm? The chaotic organisation of support for Looked After Children in England 141
- 8 Cracks in the food system 163
- 9 What happened to all the anti-racists? 181
- 10 Gender, austerity and crisis in an age of catastrophe 199
- 11 The Conservatives and the climate crisis 222
- 12 The politics of debt and perpetual crisis 247
- 13 Brexit and the crisis of British democracy 266
- 14 Fighting back? Britain’s shifting capitalism and its discontents 288
- 15 Security in Britain today 310
- 16 What went wrong with Britain and what did Britain have to do with it? 329
- Contributors 342
- List of acronyms 349
- Index 351