Description
Book SynopsisOffers a rare and vivid insight into the everyday lives, attitudes and behaviours of the rich as well as the poor across the UK, demonstrating how those marginalised and validated by the existing welfare system make sense of the prevailing socio-political settlement and their own position within it.
Trade Review"Scary but crucial reading. Edmiston’s analysis of lived narratives shows how policy framing the poor as `bad’ and the rich as `good’ shape public attitudes towards poverty and inequality." Louise Humpage, Associate Professor, Sociology, University of Auckland
"A must read for anyone interested in inequality and social citizenship, this book provides a careful - but damning - assessment of current policies and politics." Tracy Shildrick, University of Newcastle
"Through rigorous empirical fieldwork and informed theorising this excellent book explores how lived experiences of inequality generate particular forms of knowledge, understanding and action among affluent and disadvantaged citizens." Peter Dwyer, University of York
Table of ContentsIntroduction 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
