Poor-Bashing

The Politics of Exclusion

Autor*innen

• Jean Swanson

Parameter

• 208 Seiten
• 8 Lesestunden

• Kanada
• Politikwissenschaft
• Sachliteratur
• Sozialwissenschaften

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The special language of poor-bashing disguises the real causes of poverty, hurts and excludes people who are poor, cheapens the labour of people who have jobs, and takes the pressure off the rich. Swanson, a twenty-five year veteran of anti-poverty work, exposes the ideology of poor-bashing in a clear, forceful style. She examines how media "poornography" operates when reporters cover poverty stories. She also reveals how government and corporate clients use poor-bashing focus groups. To make the book even more useful Swanson includes key chapters on the history of poor-bashing.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• Einband: Paperback