Fromscarcer resources to greater stresses, this book charts how policies and cutshave compromised workers' ability to undertake their professional roles. 

Combiningresearch and practice experience, it assesses the extent ofde-professionalisation in recent years, and how workers have responded.Austerity's impacts on the healthcare, social care and education professionsare under the spotlight in this important book. This book is a vital review ofhow austerity has re-sculpted our notions of professionalism.