Paupers: The Making of the New Claiming Class

by Bill Jordan and Bill Jordan

Book Overview

Originally published in 1973, Paupers looks at poverty through the lens of class and the Welfare State. The book examines those living in poverty, and the direct effects poverty has. The book follows the basis that the economic factors which gave rise to poverty, have little to do with the Welfare State, and that fragmentary changes, can do little to change them. The book's core argument examines the political and social significance of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138597791
• ISBN13: 9781138597792
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"