Moralising Poverty - The ''Undeserving'' Poor in the Public Gaze

List of contents

Part I: The Moral Background of Poor Relief and Solidary in Public Policy
1. Introduction
2. The Origins of Deservedness: Idleness, Deviance and Discipline
3. The Moral Backgrounds of the Welfare State: Individualism and Solidarity in the British and Italian Contexts
4. A 'Trojan Horse': Morality Meets Austerity
Part II: Narratives of Deservedness
5. Under the Limelight: Parasites, Scroungers and Welfare Queens
6. A New Wave of 'Scroungerphobia'? Perceptions of Poverty in Times of Crisis
Part III: Insiders and Outsiders
7. Geographies of Solidarity
8. Blame It on the Stranger

About the author

Serena Romano is a Research Fellow at the Department of Social Studies, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.

Summary

This book breaks new ground in the discussion of the moral dimension of poverty and its implications for the treatment of the poor in mature welfare states, drawing upon the diverse political, social and symbolic constructions of deservedness and otherness.

Product details

• Authors: Romano, Serena Romano, Serena (Birkbeck Romano, Romano Serena
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9780367349257
• ISBN: 978-0-367-34925-7
• No. of pages: 146
• Series: Routledge Advances in Health and Social Policy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, HEALTH & FITNESS / General, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Poverty & unemployment, Social Work, Society and culture: general, Popular medicine and health, Poverty and precarity