Research

Research Interests

Publications

Books

(2018) Beyond Defeat and Austerity: Disrupting (the Critical Political Economy of) Neoliberal Europe. Routledge, RIPE Series in Global Political Economy. (with Bailey, D., Huke, N., and Ribera-Almandoz, O.) Now out in paperback (December 2019).

(2012) El impacto de la crisis en las familias y en la infancia. Barcelona: Editorial Ariel. (edited volume with Navarro, V.)

Journal Articles – Peer Reviewed

(2020) “Health Movements in the Age of Austerity: Rescaling Resistance in Spain and the United Kingdom” Critical Public Health (with Ribera-Almandoz, O.)  

(2020) “Anti-austerity between militant materialism and real democracy: exploring pragmatic prefigurativism”, Globalizations, (with Ribera-Almandoz, O., Huke, N., and Bailey, D.) 

(2018) “Challenging the age of austerity: disruptive agency during the European crisis” Comparative European Politics (with Bailey, D., Huke, N., Ribera-Almandoz, O. and Rogers, K.)  

(2015) “Disrupting the European Crisis: a Critical Political Economy of Contestation, Subversion and Escape” New Political Economy, 20: 5, pp. 725-751. (with Huke, N. and Bailey, D.) 

(2014) “Analysing Labour and the Crisis: Challenges, Responses and New Avenues” Global Labour Journal, vol. 5, issue 2. (with Horn, L.) 

(2011) “Infancia y exclusión social en España: realidades y retos a partir de la crisis” Zerbitzuan, vol. 50, pp. 71-84.  (with Sesé i Ballart, A. and Tur i Tur, M.) 

Book Chapters – Peer Reviewed

2021) “Real Democracy in a time of Corona-Crisis Capitalism” In Regelmann, A. (ed.) The Crisis and the Future of Democracy. Brussels: Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. 

(2020) “Struggle, resistance and disruption in Europe” In Hamed Hosseini, S.A., Goodman, J., Motta, S. and Gill B.K. (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Transformative Global Studies (with Huke, N., Bailey, D. and Ribera-Almandoz, O.). Routledge. 

(2018) “From the squares to the ballot boxes: understanding the unfolding of Spain’s political crisis” In Parker, O. and Tsarouhas, D. (eds.) Crisis in Southern Europe: Contemporary Political Economy in Greece, Spain, Portugal and Ireland. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke. 

(2017) “Authoritarian neoliberalism and the disciplining of labour” In Tansel, C. B. (ed.) States of Discipline. Authoritarian Neoliberalism and the Crises of Capitalism. Rowman & Littlefield International. (with Ribera-Almandoz, O.) 

(2015) “Tracing the competitiveness discourse in Spain: social dumping in disguise?” In Bernaciak, M. (ed.) Social dumping: political catchphrase or threat to labour standards? Routledge, Routledge Advances in European Politics.  

(2015) “Labour and the crisis in Europe” In Jäger, J. and Springler, E. Asymmetric Crisis in Europe and Possible Futures: Critical Political Economy and Post-Keynesian Perspectives. Routledge, RIPE Series in Global Political Economy. (with Horn, L.) 

(2015) “Precariedad y clase social: re-leyendo a E. P. Thompson en un contexo de crisis”. In Arribas, S. y Gómez, A. Precariedad, vida dañada y vulnerabilidad en la era de la austeridad. Barcelona: Artefakte.  

(2012) “Situación y respuestas desde las administraciones públicas y el tercer sector a la infancia en riesgo de exclusión social a partir de la crisis” In Clua-Losada, M. and Navarro, V. (eds.) (2012) El impacto de la crisis en las familias y en la infancia. Barcelona: Editorial Ariel. (with Sesé, A.) 

(2011) “La renta básica en la agenda política: la experiencia catalana (2001-2006)” En Casassas, D. y Raventós, D. (eds.) La Renta Básica en la Era de las Grandes Desigualdades. Editorial Montesinos.

(2019) “Authoritarian Neoliberalism and Self-Determination” in Bernat, I. and Whyte, D. (eds.) Building a New Catalonia. Self-determination and Emancipation. Barcelona: Pol·len Edicions. – also translated into Catalan. 

(2018) “Disrupting European authoritarianism: Grassroots organizing, collective action and participatory democracy during the Eurozone crisis” Amsterdam: Transnational Institute. (with Bailey, D., Huke, N., Ribera-Almandoz, O. and Lux, J.) – also translated into Spanish 

(2012) “L’estat del benestar avui: Catalunya i Espanya.” Societat Catalana 2012. Barcelona: Institut d’Estudis Catalans.  

Other Research Publications – Non Peer Reviewed

(2019) “Authoritarian Neoliberalism and Self-Determination” in Bernat, I. and Whyte, D. (eds.) Building a New Catalonia. Self-determination and Emancipation. Barcelona: Pol·len Edicions. – also translated into Catalan. 

(2018) “Disrupting European authoritarianism: Grassroots organizing, collective action and participatory democracy during the Eurozone crisis” Amsterdam: Transnational Institute. (with Bailey, D., Huke, N., Ribera-Almandoz, O. and Lux, J.) – also translated into Spanish 

(2012) “L’estat del benestar avui: Catalunya i Espanya.” Societat Catalana 2012. Barcelona: Institut d’Estudis Catalans.  

(2012) “30 anys de polítiques socials a Catalunya (1980-2010): inversión pública, estat del benestar, canvis de model i reptes polítics” Unicef-Catalunya.

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