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When the Party's Over: The Politics of Fiscal Squeeze in Perspective

Conference
Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 July 2013, 9am to 5.30pm
Venue: The British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH

Convenors: Professor Christopher Hood, CBE, FBA, University of Oxford and Professor David Heald, University of Aberdeen

In today’s era of fiscal austerity, fiscal consolidation and spending cutbacks dominate the politics of many of the world’s democracies. Street protests, rule by ‘econocrats’ and draconian policy shifts dictated by – or blamed on – international creditors have become commonplace. Old political alignments are being tested and new battles are emerging over whose expectations are to be disappointed and who should be blamed for fiscal squeeze.

This conference aims to explore how the politics of fiscal squeeze has played out in different times and places, looking in depth at nine cases of fiscal squeeze at different times and places, exploring what conclusions we can draw for current debates about fiscal squeeze from earlier cases in other democracies.

Please click here for a copy of the provisional conference programme.


FREE but registration required.

 

Evening Events
There will be an evening event on Tuesday 9 July starting at 6pm, with Rachel Lomax, formerly of HM Treasury, the World Bank and Bank of England in conversation with Professor Tony Travers, Visiting Professor at LSE.
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On Wednesday 10 July there will be a panel discussion on 'Reacting to Fiscal Squeeze: Some Artistic Responses', again starting at 6pm. 
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Please note that separate registration is required for both these evening events.

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