From scarcer resources to greater stresses, this book charts how policies and cuts have compromised workers' ability to undertake their professional roles.

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