Cities under Austerity

Cities under AusterityExamines the ways in which austerity policies are transforming US cities. Across the world's most industrialized economies, the financial crisis of 2007 caused a contraction of state budgets and stimulated attempts to reform debt burdened governments. In the United States, a system of fiscal federalism meant this turn towards austerity took a uniquely fragmented and geographically diverse form. Drawing on case studies of recent urban restructuring,

The essays explore narratives

national cinema

this work explores the popular understandings of feminism that circulate around these generic manifestations of the female avenger

this book investigates discursive and material practices that write the identities of state

Hassan makes a living in his native Marrakesh as a comic writer and performer

this biography depicts Schutz's childhood

while keeping energy and production costs low and transportation distances short

Offers a striking new interpretation of Beckett's major fiction

Uses personal narratives to highlight the development of feminist sport studies

‘Biosecurity’ describes methods of reducing the risk of disease spread

the choice to enter the priesthood -- and situate them within the life-cycles and social relations of medieval Europeans

although the Reagan administration was accused of radically changing nuclear weapons policy