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?
Summary:
"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.
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