Poor-Bashing The Politics of Exclusion

Free Download Jean Swanson, "Poor-Bashing: The Politics of Exclusion"
English | 2001 | pages: 220 | ISBN: 189635744X | PDF | 13,8 mb
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.