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Contested Britain : Brexit, austerity and agency
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ISBN: 9781529205022 9781529205008 9781529205015 1529205026 152920500X 1529205018 1529205034 1529205050 Year: 2020 Publisher: Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL, USA : Bristol University Press,

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A distinctive and original analysis of how the politics of the UK and the lives of British citizens have evolved in the first decades of the twenty-first century, this book provides an interdisciplinary critical examination of the roots, ideology and consequences of austerity politics, the Brexit vote and the rise of populist politics in Britain. Bringing together case studies and perspectives from an array of international researchers across the social sciences, it dissects the ways that the UK has become increasingly contested with profound differences of geography, generation, gender, 'race' and class, and considers agency as a key concept to understand the links between austerity and Brexit.


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Rethinking Britain : policy ideas for the many
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ISBN: 1447352556 144735253X 1447352521 9781447352525 9781447352556 9781447352532 Year: 2019 Publisher: Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL, USA : Policy Press,

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What if we had a government prepared to implement the policies that could radically change 21st-century Britain and improve people's lives? Social and economic policies are rarely communicated clearly to the public, but it's never been more important for citizens to understand and contribute to the debate around the country's future. In everyday language, Rethinking Britain presents a range of ideas from some of the country's most influential thinkers such as Kate Pickett and Ha-Joon Chang. From inflation to tax, and health to education, each contribution offers solutions which, if implemented, would lead to a fairer society. Curated by leading economists from the Progressive Economics Group and accompanied by a 'jargon buster', this book is an essential aid for citizens who are interested in critiquing inequalities while looking to build a better future.


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Chavs : the demonization of the working class
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ISBN: 9781844678648 1844678644 Year: 2012 Publisher: London Verso

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In modern Britain, the working class has become an object of fear and ridicule. From Little Britain's Vicky Pollard to the demonization of Jade Goody, media and politicians alike dismiss as feckless, criminalized and ignorant a vast, underprivileged swathe of society whose members have become stereotyped by one, hate-filled word: chavs. In this acclaimed investigation, Owen Jones explores how the working class has gone from "salt of the earth" to "scum of the earth." Exposing the ignorance and prejudice at the heart of the chav caricature, he portrays a far more complex reality. The chav stereotype, he argues, is used by governments as a convenient figleaf to avoid genuine engagement with social and economic problems and to justify widening inequality. Based on a wealth of original research, Chavs is a damning indictment of the media and political establishment and an illuminating, disturbing portrait of inequality and class hatred in modern Britain. This updated edition includes a new chapter exploring the causes and consequences of the UK riots in the summer of 2010.


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The careless state : wealth and welfare in Britain today
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ISBN: 1849660018 9786612894602 1849663556 1282894609 1849660360 Year: 2010 Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Academic,

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This book considers the social and economic damage wrought by neo-liberalism, in Britain and beyond. Paul Taylor analyses the effects of the increasing inequalities of income and wealth in recent years, concluding that a wide range of problems for the middle sections of society can be traced to the appearance of a class of the 'über-rich', the example they set and the demands they make. He takes the view that what has happened is the opposite of the much vaunted 'trickle-down effect'; there is actually a 'trickle-up effect' not only in the distribution of wealth but also in the ownership of pr


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The Circulation of Anti-Austerity Protest
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ISBN: 9783319701226 9783319701233 3319701223 3319701231 Year: 2018 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,

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In this book a set of theoretical and methodological resources are presented to study the way in which protest, resistance and social movement discourses circulate through society and looks at the role of media and of communication in this process. Empirically, the focus of this book is on the UK’s anti-austerity movement. ‘The Circuit of Protest’, as developed in this volume, is comprised of an analysis of the discourses of the anti-austerity movement and their corresponding movement frames, and the self-mediation practices geared at communicating these. The mainstream media representations and the reception of the movement discourses and frames by non-activist citizens are also studied. It is concluded that studying a movement through the prism of mediation provides a nuanced assessment in terms of failures and successes of the UK’s anti-austerity movement. The book is of relevance to students and researchers of politics, social movements, as well as media and communication, but also to activists.


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Obesity in the news : language and representation in the press
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ISBN: 1108864732 1108836399 9781108818971 9781108836395 1108818978 9781108864732 1108872832 1108874894 Year: 2021 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Obesity is a pressing social issue and a persistently newsworthy topic for the media. This book examines the linguistic representation of obesity in the British press. It combines techniques from corpus linguistics with critical discourse studies to analyse a large corpus of newspaper articles (36 million words) representing ten years of obesity coverage. These articles are studied from a range of methodological perspectives, and analytical themes include variation between newspapers, change over time, diet and exercise, gender and social class. The volume also investigates the language that readers use when responding to obesity representations in the context of online comments. The authors reveal the power of linguistic choices to shame and stigmatise people with obesity, presenting them as irresponsible and morally deviant. Yet the analysis also demonstrates the potential for alternative representations which place greater focus on the role that social and political forces play in this topical health issue.


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EU migrant workers, Brexit and precarity : Polish women's perspectives from inside the UK
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ISBN: 1447351665 1447351630 1447351649 1447351657 9781447351627 1447351622 Year: 2019 Publisher: Bristol : Policy Press,

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How has the Brexit vote affected EU migrants in the UK? This book presents a female Polish perspective, using findings from research carried out with economic migrants from Poland interviewed before and after the Brexit vote.

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Polish people --- Immigrants --- Emigrants --- Foreign-born population --- Foreign population --- Foreigners --- Migrants --- Persons --- Aliens --- Poles --- Ethnology --- Social conditions --- European Union --- E.U. --- Great Britain --- Emigration and immigration --- History --- Foreign relations --- Diplomatic relations. --- Social conditions. --- Attitudes. --- European Union. --- AB (European Union) --- Aontas Eorpach --- Avropa İttifaqı --- Avrupa Birliği --- E.E. (European Union) --- EE (European Union) --- Eiropas Savienības --- EL (European Union) --- EU (European Union) --- Euroopa Liit --- Euroopan unioni --- Európai Uni --- Eurōpaikē Henōs --- Europäische Union --- Europeiska unionen --- Europeiske union --- Europese Unie --- Europos Sajunga --- Európska únia --- Evropeĭski sŭi͡uz --- Evropska unija --- Evropské unie --- Evrópusambandið --- Evrosŭi͡uz --- I͡Evropeĭsʹkyĭ soi͡uz --- I͡Evrosoi͡uz --- Ittiḥād al-Ūrūbb --- Ittiḥādīyah-i Urūp --- Liên minh Châu Âu --- Sahabhāb ʻAȳrʺup --- UE (European Union) --- Uni Eropa --- Unia Europejska --- União Europeia --- Unión Europea --- Union européenne --- Unione europea --- Unjoni Ewropea --- Yekîtiya Ewropay --- Great Britain. --- European Union countries. --- Europe --- EU countries --- Euroland --- Immigrants - Great Britain - Attitudes --- Polish people - Great Britain - Attitudes --- Immigrants - Great Britain - Social conditions - 21st century --- Polish people - Great Britain - Social conditions - 21st century --- Great Britain - Foreign relations - European Union countries


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Minority women and austerity : survival and resistance in France and Britain
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ISBN: 9781447327141 9781447327134 9781447327172 1447327136 1447327144 9781447327165 1447327179 1447327160 1447327152 1447327187 Year: 2018 Publisher: Bristol : Policy Press,

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Bassel and Emejulu explore minority women's experiences of austerity measures in France and Britain. They demonstrate how they use their race, class, gender and legal status for collective action in the face of the neoliberal colonisation.

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United Kingdom --- France --- Minority women --- Social conditions. --- Women political activists --- Women political activists. --- Social conditions --- 2000-2099. --- France. --- Great Britain --- Great Britain. --- Women minorities --- Women --- Political activists --- Bro-C'hall --- Fa-kuo --- Fa-lan-hsi --- Faguo --- Falanxi --- Falanxi Gongheguo --- Faransā --- Farānsah --- França --- Francia (Republic) --- Francija --- Francja --- Francland --- Francuska --- Franis --- Franḳraykh --- Frankreich --- Frankrig --- Frankrijk --- Frankrike --- Frankryk --- Fransa --- Fransa Respublikası --- Franse --- Franse Republiek --- Frant︠s︡ --- Frant︠s︡ Uls --- Frant︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Frantsuzskai︠a︡ Rėspublika --- Frantsyi︠a︡ --- Franza --- French Republic --- Frencisc Cynewīse --- Frenska republika --- Furansu --- Furansu Kyōwakoku --- Gallia --- Gallia (Republic) --- Gallikē Dēmokratia --- Hyãsia --- Parancis --- Peurancih --- Phransiya --- Pransiya --- Pransya --- Prantsusmaa --- Pʻŭrangsŭ --- Ranska --- República Francesa --- Republica Franzesa --- Republika Francuska --- Republiḳah ha-Tsarfatit --- Republikang Pranses --- République française --- Tsarfat --- Tsorfat --- Γαλλική Δημοκρατία --- Γαλλία --- Франц --- Франц Улс --- Французская Рэспубліка --- Францыя --- Франция --- Френска република --- פראנקרייך --- צרפת --- רפובליקה הצרפתית --- فرانسه --- فرنسا --- フランス --- フランス共和国 --- 法国 --- 法蘭西 --- 法蘭西共和國 --- 프랑스 --- France (Provisional government, 1944-1946) --- Women political activists - Great Britain --- Women political activists - France --- Minority women - Great Britain - Social conditions --- Minority women - France - Social conditions --- Great Britain - Social conditions - 21st century --- France - Social conditions - 21st century --- Migration background --- Government policy --- Survival strategies --- Book --- Economic crisis


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Où va le Royaume-Uni ? : Le Brexit et après.
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ISBN: 9782738148537 2738148530 Year: 2019 Publisher: Paris : Odile Jacob :

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Le vote du Brexit a provoqué un séisme au Royaume-Uni et en Europe dont les ondes de choc n'ont pas fini de se faire sentir. Cet ouvrage tente de sortir de l'état de sidération et d'interrogation dans lequel nous sommes aujourd'hui. Comment le Royaume-Uni a-t-il pu basculer dans une crise politique d'une telle ampleur ? Ce délitement de la société et du système politique et médiatique est-il passager ou bien constitue-t-il un point de non-retour ? Quel avenir pour les Britanniques et, au-delà, pour l'Europe dans son ensemble ? Telles sont les questions auxquelles ce livre informé et érudit s'efforce de répondre.

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verenigd koninkrijk --- politieke geschiedenis --- openbare administraties --- royaume uni --- histoire politique --- administrations publiques --- Mass media and public opinion --- History --- European Union --- Great Britain --- Politics and government --- Foreign relations --- Social conditions --- BPB9999 --- BPB2004 --- retrait de l’UE --- Royaume-Uni --- Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta --- Förenade kungariket --- Ühendkuningriik --- United Kingdom --- Обединетото Кралство --- An Ríocht Aontaithe --- Spojené kráľovstvo --- ir-Renju Unit --- Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο --- Spojené království --- Великобритания --- Velika Britanija i Sjeverna Irska --- Marea Britanie --- Regno Unito --- Verenigd Koninkrijk --- Mbretëria e Bashkuar --- Уједињено Краљевство --- Apvienotā Karaliste --- Reino Unido --- Egyesült Királyság --- Wielka Brytania --- Det Forenede Kongerige --- Jungtinė Karalystė --- das Vereinigte Königreich --- Združeno kraljestvo --- Nagy-Britannia és Észak-Írország --- Velká Británie --- Jungtinė Didžiosios Britanijos ir Šiaurės Airijos Karalystė --- Gran Bretagna --- Reino Unido da Grã-Bretanha e Irlanda do Norte --- Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- Iso-Britannia --- Storbritannien --- Μεγάλη Βρετανία --- Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo Velike Britanije i Sjeverne Irske --- Mbretëria e Bashkuar e Britanisë së Madhe dhe Irlandës së Veriut --- das Vereinigte Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland --- Združeno kraljestvo Velika Britanija in Severna Irska --- Nagy-Britannia és Észak-Írország Egyesült Királysága --- Iso-Britannia ja Pohjois-Irlanti --- Ujedinjena Kraljevina --- Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο της Μεγάλης Βρετανίας και της Βορείου Ιρλανδίας --- Zjednoczone Królestwo Wielkiej Brytanii i Irlandii Północnej --- Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska --- Nagy-Britannia --- Grã-Bretanha --- Groot-Brittannië --- Gran Bretaña --- Уједињено Краљевство Велике Британије и Северне Ирске --- Обединетото Кралство на Велика Британија и Северна Ирска --- Regatul Unit al Marii Britanii și Irlandei de Nord --- Обединено кралство --- Británie --- Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο της Μεγάλης Βρετανίας και της Βόρειας Ιρλανδίας --- Det Forenede Kongerige Storbritannien og Nordirland --- Großbritannien --- Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d’Irlande du Nord --- Ison-Britannian ja Pohjois-Irlannin yhdistynyt kuningaskunta --- Regno Unito di Gran Bretagna e Irlanda del Nord --- Suurbritannia ja Põhja-Iiri Ühendkuningriik --- Spojené kráľovstvo Veľkej Británie a Severného ĺrska --- Обединено кралство Великобритания и Северна Ирландия --- Lielbritānijas un Ziemeļīrijas Apvienotā Karaliste --- Veľká Británia a Severné Írsko --- Förenade konungariket Storbritannien och Nordirland --- Lielbritānija --- Grande-Bretagne --- Velika Britanija --- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland --- Marea Britanie și Irlanda de Nord --- Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte --- withdrawal from the EU --- kilépés az EU-ból --- αποχώρηση από την ΕΕ --- Austritt aus der EU --- retirada da UE --- povlačenje iz EU-a --- izstāšanās no ES --- udtræden af EU --- izstop iz EU --- uittreding uit de EU --- vystoupení z EU --- retragerea din UE --- tërheqja nga BE --- vystúpenie z EÚ --- retirada de la UE --- EList väljaastumine --- EU:sta eroaminen --- ħruġ mill-UE --- išstojimas iš ES --- оттегляне от ЕС --- wystąpienie z UE --- imeacht na Breataine ón AE --- recesso dall'UE --- EU-utträde --- withdrawal of a Member State from the EU --- țară UE care se retrage --- izstāšanās procesā esoša ES valsts --- withdrawing EU Member State --- uscita dall'Unione europea --- terugtrekking als EU-lidstaat --- uscita dall'UE --- ES pamešana --- odchod z Evropské unie --- withdrawing EU country --- jäsenvaltion eroaminen EU:sta --- utträde ur EU --- izstāšanās no Eiropas Savienības --- vertrek uit de Europese Unie --- sortie de l'UE --- tërheqja nga Bashkimi Europian --- recht van uittreding uit de Europese Unie --- imeacht na Breataine ón Aontas Eorpach --- EU:sta eroava jäsenvaltio --- uniós tagság megszüntetése --- izlazak iz Europske unije --- ħruġ ta’ Stat Membru mill-UE --- wyjście z UE --- Brexit --- udmeldelse af Den Europæiske Union --- αποχώρηση κράτους μέλους από την ΕΕ --- dreptul de retragere din Uniunea Europeană --- retrait de l'Union européenne --- pravo na povlačenje iz Europske unije --- retirada de la Unión Europea --- prawo do wystąpienia z UE --- az EU-ból való kilépés joga --- pravo na povlačenje iz EU-a --- EU-tagság megszűnése --- derecho a retirarse de la Unión Europea --- právo na vystúpenie z EÚ --- Recht auf Austritt aus der Europäischen Union --- droit de se retirer de l'Union européenne --- pravica do izstopa iz Evropske unije --- vystúpenie z Európskej únie --- δικαίωμα αποχώρησης από την ΕΕ --- retirada de um Estado-Membro da UE --- право на оттегляне от Европейския съюз --- saída de um Estado-Membro da UE --- έξοδος από την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση --- leaving the EU --- ES narystės atsisakymas --- dritt ta’ ħruġ mill-Unjoni Ewropea --- retirada da União Europeia --- uittredende EU-lidstaat --- tiesības izstāties no ES --- retragerea unui stat membru din UE --- uniós tagság megszűnése --- ret til udmeldelse af EU --- Recht auf Austritt aus der EU --- Breksitas --- recesso dall'Unione europea --- az Unióból kilépő ország --- salida de la Unión Europea --- Verlassen der EU --- retirada de un Estado miembro de la UE --- lämna EU --- išėjimas iš Europos Sąjungos --- diritto di recesso dall'Unione europea --- right of withdrawal from the European Union --- EU-Austrittsland --- uittreding van een lidstaat uit de EU --- država koja se povlači iz EU-a --- vystupujúci štát EÚ --- dritt ta’ ħruġ mill-UE --- derecho a retirarse de la UE --- sortie de l’Union européenne --- recesso di uno Stato membro dall'UE --- oikeus erota EU:sta --- Euroopa Liidust väljaastumine --- brexit --- tiesības izstāties no Eiropas Savienības --- wyjście państwa członkowskiego z UE --- retragerea din Uniunea Europeană --- Stat Membru tal-UE li jrid joħroġ minnha --- eroava EU-maa --- povlačenje države članice EU-a --- αποχώρηση από την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση --- eroaminen EU:sta --- Verlassen der Europäischen Union --- prawo do wyjścia z Unii Europejskiej --- ret til udmeldelse af Den Europæiske Union --- odchod z Európskej únie --- odchod z EU --- dreptul de retragere din UE --- dalībvalsts izstāšanās no ES --- povlačenje iz Europske unije --- napuštanje EU-a --- stat membru UE care se retrage --- az Európai Unióból való kilépés --- právo na vystúpenie z Európskej únie --- diritto di recesso dall'UE --- Austritt aus der Europäischen Union --- gå ur EU --- право на оттегляне от ЕС --- Stato membro che esce dall'UE --- teisė išstoti iš Europos Sąjungos --- retrait d’un État membre de l’UE --- vystoupení členského státu z EU --- izstop države članice iz EU --- uittreding uit de Europese Unie --- оттегляне на държава членка от ЕС --- withdrawal from the European Union --- en medlemsstats udtræden af EU --- wyjście z Unii Europejskiej --- država članica v izstopu iz EU --- ieșirea din Uniunea Europeană --- напускане на Европейския съюз --- vystupujúci členský štát EÚ --- izstāšanās procesā esoša ES dalībvalsts --- povlačenje države članice iz EU-a --- odchod z EÚ --- χώρα που αποχωρεί από την ΕΕ --- udtræden af Den Europæiske Union --- EU:sta lähteminen --- país que se retira da UE --- ES atstāšana --- δικαίωμα αποχώρησης από την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση --- udtrædende EU-medlemsstat --- wystąpienie z Unii Europejskiej --- Estado-Membro que se retira da União --- austretender EU-Mitgliedstaat --- Брекзит --- оттегляне от Европейския съюз --- exit from the European Union --- eroaminen Euroopan unionista --- droit de se retirer de l'UE --- právo vystoupit z Evropské unie --- État membre de l’UE qui se retire de l’Union --- оттегляща се държава — членка на Европейския съюз --- wystąpienie państwa członkowskiego z Unii Europejskiej --- saída da União Europeia --- direito de retirada da UE --- pays de l’UE qui se retire de l’Union --- recht van uittreding uit de EU --- pajjiż tal-UE li jrid joħroġ minnha --- opuszczenie UE --- az EU elhagyása --- излизане от ЕС --- ħruġ mill-Unjoni Ewropea --- právo vystoupit z EU --- right of withdrawal from the EU --- оттегляща се от ЕС страна --- Austritt eines Mitgliedstaats aus der EU --- teisė išstoti iš ES --- vystoupení z Evropské unie --- pravica do izstopa iz EU --- vystúpenie členského štátu z EÚ --- utträde ur Europeiska unionen --- izstop iz Evropske unije --- aiziešana no ES --- país de la UE que se retira --- vystupující země EU --- Estado miembro que se retira de la UE --- direito de retirada da União Europeia --- udtrædende EU-land --- vystupující členský stát EU --- utgång ur EU --- aiziešana no Eiropas Savienības --- tarraingt siar ón AE --- Mass media and public opinion - Great Britain - History - 21st century --- Great Britain - Politics and government - 2007 --- -Great Britain - Foreign relations - 21st century --- Great Britain - Social conditions - 21st century

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