Getting By

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4473-0995-6
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 438 g

While the 1% rule, poor neighbourhoods have become the subject of public concern and media scorn, blamed for society's ills. This unique book redresses the balance. Lisa Mckenzie lived on the St Ann’s estate in Nottingham for more than 20 years. Her ‘insider’ status enables us to hear the stories of its residents, often wary of outsiders. St Ann's has been stigmatised as a place where gangs, guns, drugs, single mothers and those unwilling or unable to make something of their lives reside. Yet in this same community we find strong, resourceful, ambitious people who are 'getting by', often with humour and despite facing brutal austerity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mckenzie, Lisa

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Danny Dorling;

Introduction; Being and belonging: the importance of narrative;

‘Being St Ann's’: an alternative value system;

‘Passing by’: family and community;

‘A little bit of sugar’: a discussion of taste;

‘The roof is on fire’: despair, fear and civil unrest;

‘On Road, don’t watch’;

Conclusion;

Afterword by Owen Jones

Über Autor(innen)

Mckenzie, Lisa
Dr Lisa Mckenzie is a research fellow at the London School of Economics & Political Science, working as part of the Great British Class Survey Team. Her previous research focused upon the poor working class and her current research interests relate to the precarious and vulnerable nature of particular groups in our society through insecure housing, work, social benefits, health care, and education. She is author of the bestselling Getting by: Estates, Class and Culture in Austerity Britain (Policy Press, 2015). Books: Building Better society; Society Better: Thinking the pro-social

Lisa Mckenzie is a research fellow in the Department of Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science, working on issues of social inequality and class stratification through ethnographic research. Lisa brings an unusual and innovative approach to research by means of her extensive experience of bringing the academic world and local community together.