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 morereceiving a lot of 'something for nothing'. Guy Standing, SOAS University of London Sets out to debunk many of the myths around poverty and benefits in the UK....reveals the extent of `poverty propaganda' and the ideological function this plays in defending successive cuts to social security support. A timely and important book from one of the leading thinkers on poverty in the UK. Ruth Patrick, University of Liverpool Show Less