Welfare, Inequality and Social Citizenship : : Deprivation and Affluence in Austerity Britain / / Daniel Edmiston.

Exploring the lived realities of both poverty and prosperity in the UK, this book examines the material and symbolic significance of welfare austerity and its implications for social citizenship and inequality. The book offers a rare and vivid insight into the everyday lives, attitudes and behaviour...

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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 (224 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • List of tables and figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Unequal citizenship? The new social divisions of public welfare
  • Lived experiences of poverty and prosperity in austerity Britain
  • The sociological imagination of rich and poor citizens
  • Heterodox citizens? Conceptions of social rights and responsibilities
  • Identity, difference and citizenship: a fraying tapestry?
  • Deliberating the structural determinants of poverty and inequality
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Details of the qualitative fieldwork
  • References
  • Index