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Austerity and the Production of Hate
Jon Burnett 
The Violence of Austerity, Pages: 217 - 226
Swansea University Author:
Jon Burnett
Abstract
This chapter examines the extent to which two forms of institutionally produced hostility - against migrants and that which is targeted against welfare claimants - have become closely interlinked in the context of 'austerity politics'. It examines the ways that a set of political ideas sus...
| Published in: | The Violence of Austerity |
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| ISBN: | 978-0-7543-9948-5 |
| Published: |
London
Pluto Press
2017
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34063 |
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| Abstract: |
This chapter examines the extent to which two forms of institutionally produced hostility - against migrants and that which is targeted against welfare claimants - have become closely interlinked in the context of 'austerity politics'. It examines the ways that a set of political ideas sustain a climate of violence. It explores the way individual violence, in this context, mirrors institutional violence. |
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| Keywords: |
Hate crime, austerity, institutional violence, migrants, disability hate crime, |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Start Page: |
217 |
| End Page: |
226 |