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Poverty Propaganda: Exploring the Myths
Tracy Shildrick
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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 generation to generation? Poverty Propaganda: Exploring the myths sheds new light on how poverty is understood in contemporary Britain, debunking many popular myths and misconceptions about poverty, its prevalence, causes and consequences, and concluding with suggestions for change.
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 generation to generation? Poverty Propaganda: Exploring the myths sheds new light on how poverty is understood in contemporary Britain, debunking many popular myths and misconceptions about poverty, its prevalence, causes and consequences, and concluding with suggestions for change.
Product Details
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447323983
SKU
V9781447323983
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99-50
About Tracy Shildrick
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.
Reviews for Poverty Propaganda: Exploring the Myths
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 Exposes the falsehood of stigmatising through treating people as 'undeserving' at a time when a privileged minority is ... Read more