The Left Behind
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The Left Behind

Reimagining Britain's Socially Excluded

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Left Behind

Reimagining Britain's Socially Excluded

About this book

'The Left Behind' is a defining motif of contemporary British political discourse. It is the thread that knits together the 2016 Brexit referendum, the crumbling of the fabled 'Red Wall' in the North, and the pernicious culture war being waged today. But who are the Left Behind?

James Morrison goes in search of the reality behind the rhetoric, offering the first comprehensive, historical analysis of the origins, uses and meanings of the term. He interrogates the popular archetype of the Left Behind - as a working class, leave-voting white male from a former industrial heartland - and situates the concept in the context of longstanding, demonising discourses aimed at communities seen as backward and 'undeserving'.

Analysing national newspaper coverage and parliamentary discussions, and drawing on interviews with MPs, community leaders, charities and people with direct lived experiences of poverty and precarity, The Left Behind grapples with the real human cost of austerity for neglected post-industrial communities and other marginalised groups across the world, and the stigmatising discourse that does little to serve them.

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Information

Publisher
Pluto Press
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9780745344669
eBook ISBN
9780745344645
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Cultural & Social Anthropology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of tables
  6. About the author
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Introduction: Inventing and appropriating ā€˜the left behindā€™
  9. 1 Working class, ā€˜underclassā€™ and collapsing-class identity: The roots of the left behind
  10. 2 Politics, the press and the construction of the post-Brexit left behind
  11. 3 How to solve a problem like the left behind: Condescension or contempt?
  12. 4 Fear and loathing on social media: Trolling and championing the left behind
  13. 5 Speaking up for the left behind: The voices of disadvantaged Britain
  14. Conclusion: Towards a manifesto for ā€˜unite and ruleā€™
  15. Appendix: Research methodologies
  16. References
  17. Index