Strivers vs skivers: Class prejudice and the demonisation of dependency in everyday life

Geoforum

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 84-92

  Valentine, Gill ^a   Harris, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Class; Dependency; Disability; Moral geographies; Prejudice; Social difference

Indexed keywords

ASYLUM SEEKER; CLASS; DEPENDENCY; DISABILITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEGEMONY; MORALITY; ETHICS; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

EID: 84895991487     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2014.02.007     Document Type: Article

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