Poverty Propaganda

Exploring the Myths

AvTracy Shildrick

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

Does ‘real’ poverty still exist in Britain? How do people differentiate between the supposed ‘deserving’ and ‘undeserving’ poor? Is there a culture of worklessness passed down from generation to generation? Bringing together historical and contemporary material, Poverty Propaganda: Exploring the myths sheds new light on how poverty is understood in contemporary Britain. The book debunks many popular myths and misconceptions about poverty and its prevalence, causes and consequences. In particular, it highlights the role of ‘poverty propaganda’ in sustaining class divides in perpetuating poverty and disadvantage in contemporary Britain.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-04-11
Mått:156 x 234 x 15 mm
Vikt:350 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Bristol University Press
ISBN:9781447323976

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Dr Tracy Shildrick is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Newcastle. She is co-author of Poverty and insecurity (Policy Press, 2012) which won the Peter Townsend 2013 prize. Her research interests span youth transitions, worklessness, poverty and social exclusion.

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"An essential guide to poverty in 21st Century Britain. Poverty Propaganda examines how the truth about poverty, its causes and consequences, continue to be hidden behind headlines, stories and images of the feckless undeserving poor." Imogen Tyler, University of Lancaster

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; Poverty propaganda;Lived realities;Labour markets and ‘poor work’;Class and social immobility; Discrimination, stigma and shame;Poverty propaganda and the (re)production of poverty and privilege; Conclusions.