Cut out : living without welfare /

Cut out : living without welfare /

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Author / Creator:	Seabrook, Jeremy, 1939- author.
Imprint:	London : Pluto Press, 2016. ©2016
Description:	viii, 244 pages ; 20 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Left book club ; 4 Left book club (Series) ; 4.
Subject:	Public welfare -- Great Britain. Human services -- Great Britain. Welfare state. Human services. Public welfare. Welfare state. Great Britain.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10863142

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ISBN:	9780745336183 0745336183 9781783718030 9781783718054 9781783718047
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	"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."--

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