Chavs the demonization of the working class

By:

Jones, Owen (Owen Peter), 1984-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London Verso 2011.Description: 298p. 23 cmISBN:

9781844676965

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DDC classification:

22 305.562 JO-C

LOC classification:

HD8391 .J66 2011

Contents:

Introduction -- The strange case of Shannon Matthews -- Class warriors -- Politicians vs chavs -- A class in the stocks -- 'We're all middle class now' -- A rigged society -- Broken Britain -- Backlash -- Conclusion : a new class of politics?

Summary: "In this groundbreaking investigation, Owen Jones explores how the working class has gone from 'salt of the earth' to 'scum of the earth'. Moving through Westminster 's lobbies and working-class communities from Dagenham to Dewsbury Moor, Jones lays bare the ignorance and prejudice at the heart of the chav caricature, and reveals a far more complex reality: the increasing poverty and desperation of people left abandoned by the aspirational, society-fragmenting policies of both the Tories and the New Labour. A damning indictment of the media and political establishment, Chavs is an illuminating, disturbing portrait of inequality and class hatred in modern Britain."--P. [4] of cover.

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Item type	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Print	OPJGU Sonepat- Campus	General Books	Main Library	305.562 JO-C (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		121835

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"In this groundbreaking investigation, Owen Jones explores how the working class has gone from 'salt of the earth' to 'scum of the earth'. Moving through Westminster 's lobbies and working-class communities from Dagenham to Dewsbury Moor, Jones lays bare the ignorance and prejudice at the heart of the chav caricature, and reveals a far more complex reality: the increasing poverty and desperation of people left abandoned by the aspirational, society-fragmenting policies of both the Tories and the New Labour. A damning indictment of the media and political establishment, Chavs is an illuminating, disturbing portrait of inequality and class hatred in modern Britain."--P. [4] of cover.

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