Scroungers: Moral Panics and Media Myths

by James Morrison

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Scroungers, spongers, parasites ...

These are just are some of the terms that are typically used, with increasing frequency, to describe the most vulnerable in our society, whether they be the sick, the disabled, or the unemployed. Long a popular scapegoat for all manner of social ills, under austerity we've seen hostility towards benefit claimants reach new levels of hysteria, with the 'undeserving poor' blamed for everything from crime...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1786992140

ISBN13:9781786992147

Release Date:February 2019

Publisher:Zed Books

Length:332 Pages

Weight:1.26 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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Education Education & Reference Language Arts Social Science Social Sciences

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