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008 110817s2011 enk b 001 0 eng c
010 $a 2011410236
020 $a9781844676965 (pbk.)
020 $a184467696X (pbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn668194635
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050 00 $aHD8391$b.J66 2011
100 1 $aJones, Owen$q(Owen Peter),$d1984-
245 00 $aChavs :$bthe demonization of the working class /$cOwen Jones
260 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bVerso,$c2011.
300 $a298 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- 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?
520 $a"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.
650 0 $aWorking class$zGreat Britain$xSocial conditions$y21st century.
650 0 $aWorking class$xPress coverage$zGreat Britain.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xEconomic conditions.
650 0 $aWorking class$zGreat Britain$xPublic opinion.