Living with Poverty and Dependence in England

Dr Katherine Smith is Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester. She is author of Fairness, Class and Belonging in Contemporary England (2012) and co-editor of Extraordinary Encounters: Authenticity and the Interview (2015).

‘A theoretically sophisticated yet accessible account, Living with Poverty and Dependence offers valuable ethnographic insight into interdependence, kinship and moral reasoning in post-Brexit Britain. It is a significant contribution to the contemporary anthropology of the UK. It will resonate across disciplines and is ideally suited both for teaching and as a resource for future research.’ —Keir Martin, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo, Norway.

• Acknowledgements; Introduction: Poverty and Dependence in a Post-Welfare Landscape; 1. Casualties of Equivalence; 2. Talking Money in Harpurhey; 3. The Architects of Ruins; 4. Labours of Care and the Temporalities of Interdependence; 5. Brexit¹ and the Desire for an Apolitical Life; Conclusion: Beyond Relations of Interdependence; Bibliography; Index