Poverty talk: How people experiencing poverty deny their poverty and why they blame 'the poor'

Sociological Review

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 285-303

  Shildrick, Tracy ^a   MacDonald, Robert ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'undeserving poor'; Class disidentification; Poverty; Prejudice; Working class

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877713227     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-954X.12018     Document Type: Article

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