Public Sustainability: Thematic Mapping, Theoretical Approaches and Emerging Lines of Action
ABSTRACT The paucity of research analysing thematic persistence in public sustainability limits our understanding of how this field of research evolves and reconfigures itself. The present paper addresses this gap through a longitudinal bibliometric analysis of 692 publications processed with SciMAT. The methodology combines co‐word analysis, strategic
Laila Ribii Khalifi +2 more
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Exploring university student perspectives of a challenge‐based curriculum
Abstract The world faces multiple global and local challenges, with some describing one challenge, climate breakdown, as an existential threat. Publications in this journal have highlighted the importance of curricula that help students better understand and address these challenges.
Miles Thompson +3 more
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(When) does austerity work? On the conditional link between fiscal austerity and debt sustainability [PDF]
The Eurozone crisis has given a new impetus to academic and policy debates about the merits and ills of fiscal consolidation policies (austerity). Fuelled by the huge contraction experienced by some ‘bailout countries’, and especially Greece, a new ...
Monastiriotis, Vassilis
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Making sense of austerity : the gendered ideas of European economic policy [PDF]
This paper focuses on the role of gender in the generation of coherence and legitimacy of austerity, as applied in the European Union. It examines the rhetorical defences of austerity and unpacks the gendered nature of the reforms that austerity ...
O'Dwyer, Muireann
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ABSTRACT Policy process research has excelled in explaining structural policy change within national settings, but extensions and applications to the EU level have long proven challenging for scholars. Given that the EU is currently experiencing its longest period of Treaty stability since the 1980s—having evolved into a sui generis political system ...
Vassilis Karokis‐Mavrikos
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The Distributive Consequences of Active Welfare Policies in Europe
ABSTRACT This article examines the distributive consequences of active welfare policies in Europe by analysing tier‐specific investments in individualised employment services across four European welfare states: Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Deborah Jackwerth‐Rice +1 more
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Adjusting to a credit cycle bust: The role of fiscal policy. CEPS Commentary, 27 July 2012 [PDF]
In response to the often-heard accusation that “austerity is killing growth in Europe”, Daniel Gros asks in this new Commentary: “What austerity?” Looking at the entire budget cycle, he finds that the picture of austerity killing growth simply does not ...
Gros, Daniel
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Parents despite support networks? An intersectional analysis of disabled parenthood
Abstract This article uses an intersectional perspective that considers patriarchal and ableist mandates to understand how family and professional support networks impact the reproductive trajectories of disabled people. The study analyzes 16 semi‐structured interviews with disabled people and 1 with a non‐disabled support worker.
Laura Sanmiquel‐Molinero +2 more
wiley +1 more source
The Long Roots of the Present Crisis: Keynesians, Austerians, and Marx's Law
The ultimate cause of crises in capitalism is lack of profitability. The Keynesian and Austerians (the supporters of austerity measures), deny this. So their solutions to crises do not work.
Guglielmo Carchedi, Michael Roberts
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Fiscal consolidation in times of crisis: is the sooner really the better? [PDF]
Recent evidence has renewed views on the size of fiscal multipliers. It is notably emphasized that fiscal multipliers are higher in times of crisis. Starting from this literature, we develop a simple and tractable model to deal with the fiscal strategy ...
Blot, Christophe +5 more
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