Meanings
- uncountableAdvocacy for, or enactment of, authoritarian forms of austerity.
The ultimate question is this: can mass protest overcome austeritarianism?
2015, Richard Hyman, “Austeritarianism in Europe: What Options for Resistance?”, in David Natali, Bart Vanhercke, editors, Social Policy in the European Union: State of Play 2015, European Trade Union Institute, page 1182 more examples
In Wisconsin, the attack on collective bargaining was the epitome of austeritarianism: Though Walker argued that Act 10 would save the state billions, it is hard to argue that collective bargaining itself had a price tag the same way health insurance or a pension plan did.
2016, Sarah Jaffe, “The Fight Against Austerity Started Here”, in The NationAusteritarianism could evolve towards dictatorial neo-liberalism, with identitarian and securitarian ideologies, carried by social groups that the fear of downgrading and insecurity are pushing to the extreme right, leaving room for manoeuvre to fascist factions.
2021, Gustave Massiah, “What are the challenges of WSF 2021 in relation to the global situation?”, in CETRI
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