Just managing? : what it means for the families of austerity Britain / Mark O'Brien and Paul Kyprianou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Brien, Mark, 1973- author.

Kyprianou, Paul, author.

Series:

Open Reports Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Income distribution--Great Britain.

Income distribution.

Great Britain--Social conditions--21st century.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages) : charts; digital file(s).

Place of Publication:

Open Book Publishers

Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2017.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The ‘just about managing’. ‘Hardworking families’. ‘Alarm-clock Britain’. In recent years British political discourse has been filled with these slogans, as politicians claim to speak on behalf of families who are in work, but struggling to get by. This book allows us to hear from some of these families directly. At a time when the impact of austerity is more relevant than ever, Just Managing? cuts through the debates and sloganeering to give some of the real people behind the headlines and statistics a chance to tell their stories. It tracks the lives of thirty working families in Liverpool over one year, as they struggle to manage on incomes at or around the National Minimum Wage. Their accounts are placed within the economic and political context that has shaped their experiences and that of millions of other working families across the country. This book is required reading for anyone seeking to understand what life is like at the sharp end of ‘austerity Britain'.

Contents:

Preface

Part 1: Back to the future? 1. Understanding poverty: then and now

2. The getting by? study

Part 2. The big issues 3. Money matters

4. Working life

5. Meeting basic needs

6. Home and family life

Part 3. Just managing? perspectives on poverty 7. Family views: 'who's to blame?'

8. Liars, thieves and honest scousers

Appendix I: How the research was conducted

Appendix II: Family circumstances and spending.

PART I: BACK TO THE FUTURE? 1. Understanding Poverty: Then and Now 2. The Getting By? Study

PART II: THE BIG ISSUES 3. Money Matters 4. Working Life 5. Meeting Basic Needs 6. Home and Family Life

PART III: JUST MANAGING? PERSPECTIVES ON POVERTY 7. Family Views: 'Who's to Blame?' 8. Liars, Thieves and Honest Scousers

Appendix I: How the Research Was Conducted

Appendix II: Family Circumstances and Spending

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Description based on print record, CIP data from the publisher, and e-publication e-publication, viewed on November 25, 2020.

ISBN:

9791036500824

9781783743261

1783743263

9781783743254

1783743255

OCLC:

1076720482

Publisher Number:

10.11647/OBP.0112

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access