of protest events organized by left SMOs in the Czech Republic between 2000 and 2010 (N=668). We integrate protest event …

imposition of intense austerity program. We provide empirical evidence for these two effects. We argue that contrary to what was …

large bail out programs for commercial banks. Besides the reform of EU economic governance, austerity policies were imposed …, adopting austerity and structural economic reforms programs. Fiscal consolidation had a very negative social and economic …

Depression and World War II. The article tries to give an impression of the extraordinary degree of fiscal austerity and the …

austerity measures and public expenditure reductions in family support and children's services, and its revisions of family … ideological influences on the Coalition's social policies and the primacy of its austerity programme and welfare state reform …

/methodology/approach – This is an opinion column. Findings – The 2012 presidential election is almost sure to result in more of an austerity … approach to the economy – and the level of that austerity may actually be greater under a re‐elected Obama than under a new … President Romney. Practical implications – Decision makers and strategists should be prepared for more of an austerity approach …