Austerity And Law In Europe

<i>Austerity and Law in Europe</i> presents an interdisciplinary collection of essays that challenge traditional narratives of austerity. The contributions recast austerity as a historically contingent political rationality that operates through law and technocracy.<br /><br /> <ul> <li>A collection of essays that tackles the relationship between austerity and law within and outside the European Union</li> <li>Draws on a set of interdisciplinary contributions, incorporating insights from European law, economic history, legal theory, and economics</li> <li>Reveals how austerity measures in Europe were not implemented as an outcome of legal or economic necessity, but were a political choice</li> <li>Presents austerity as a historically contingent political rationality which gained a legal endorsement in the EU law and policy without foreclosing the possibilities for contestation either through law or politics  </li> </ul>