Austerity, the Public Sector and the Threat to Gender Equality - Geary Lecture 2014

Jill Rubery
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Jill Rubery: Manchester Business School

The Economic and Social Review, 2015, vol. 46, issue 1, 1-27

Abstract: Europe is in the grip of austerity policies. Some governments regard this as a medium term cyclical correction but others seek a long term shrinking of the social state. This shrinkage applies particularly to the state’s social roles as: a source of income support; a provider of free or subsidised public services; a direct employer; and a defence against the marketisation of society. All four areas have specific significance for women such that we cannot envisage progress towards gender equality in Europe, understood as a socially progressive objective, without a reversal of the austerity trends and an active social state.

Keywords: austerity; public sector; gender equality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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