Chavs : the demonization of the working class / Owen Jones.

Author/creator Jones, Owen, 1984-
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Verso, 2011.
Description298 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Working class--Great Britain. --Social conditions. --21st century.
Working class--Press coverage. --Great Britain.
Working class--Great Britain. --Public opinion.
Great Britain--Economic conditions.

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?
Abstract "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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011410236
ISBN9781844676965 (pbk.)
ISBN184467696X (pbk.)

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