Poverty Propaganda : : Exploring the Myths / / Tracy Shildrick.

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 myt...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Place / Publishing House:Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • List of abbreviations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Poverty propaganda
  • Poverty and lived experiences
  • Poverty, labour markets and ‘poor work’
  • Poverty, social class and social immobility
  • Poverty: discrimination, stigma and shame
  • Poverty propaganda and reproduction of poverty, power and inequality
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Index