UID:
almafu_9959239744002883
Format:
1 online resource (257 pages).
ISBN:
1-78371-804-8
,
1-78371-803-X
Series Statement:
Left Book Club
Content:
"From the ale-house drunks of the Victorian era to the obese benefit scroungers of today, civilization has consistently pinned blame and shame for any societal issues on the poorer classes. In reality, the recent dismantling of crucial welfare state sections by both the U.K.'s Labour and Conservative governments has resulted in the emergence of a new, harshly disadvantaged layer of British society. Growing numbers of unemployed citizens have been deserted, their voices obscured. In Cut Out, journalist Jeremy Seabrook talks to these silenced communities in order to expose the cruel realities of the situation the British government has created for some of its most vulnerable citizens. Seabrook uncovers the many routes to poverty caused by welfare reforms and explores the brutally honest stories of Britain's most devastated lives."--
Note:
Welfare cuts : the wider context -- Being there; a sense of place -- The fall of industrial male labour -- Benefit fraud -- A fate foretold -- Sheltered accommodation -- Zubeida -- Azma -- Kareema -- Born at the wrong time -- Abigail -- Adele and Clifford -- Graham Chinnery : zero hours -- Andrea -- Carl Hendricks -- Arif Hossein -- The idea of reform -- People with disability -- Amanda -- Belfort : survival -- Labyrinth : in the benefits ; -- Lorraine : in the benefits labyrinth -- Jayne Durham -- Paula -- Violence against women -- Faraji -- 'Doing the right thing' -- Grace and Richard -- 'It can happen to anyone' -- Andrew -- Lazy categories -- The secret world of 'welfare' -- Self-employment as a refuge -- Joshua Ademola -- Dayanne : the right thing and the wrong result -- The roots of alienation -- Imran Noorzai -- Farida : the duty of young women -- Welfare and mental health -- Alison : the loneliness of being on benefit -- Kenneth Lennox -- Marie Fullerton -- Gus : a heroic life -- Stolen identities : epitaph for a working class.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7453-3618-3
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7453-3623-X
Language:
English
