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Moralising Poverty: The ‘Undeserving’ Poor in the Public Gaze book cover

1st Edition

Moralising Poverty The ‘Undeserving’ Poor in the Public Gaze

By Serena Romano Copyright 2018
156 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

156 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

156 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Do we judge the poor? Do we fear them? Do we have a moral obligation to help those in need? The moral and social grounds of solidarity and deservedness in relation to aid for poor people are rarely steady. This is particularly true under contemporary austerity reforms, where current debates question exactly who is most ‘deserving’ of protection in times of crisis. These arguments have accompanied... Read more

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

Biography

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

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