{"product_id":"poverty-and-insecurity-9781847429100","title":"Poverty and Insecurity","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the British Academy Peter Townsend Prize for 2013\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nHow do men and women get by in times and places where opportunities for standard employment have drastically reduced? Are we witnessing the growth of a new class, the 'Precariat', where people exist without predictability or security in their lives? What effects do flexible and insecure forms of work have on material and psychological well-being?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nThis book is the first of its kind to examine the relationship between social exclusion, poverty and the labour market. It challenges long-standing and dominant myths about ‘the workless’ and ‘the poor’, by exploring close-up the lived realities of life in low-pay, no-pay Britain.  Work may be ‘the best route out of poverty’ sometimes but for many people getting a job can be just a turn in the cycle of recurrent poverty – and of long-term churning between low-skilled ‘poor work’ and unemployment. Based on unique qualitative, life-history research with a 'hard-to-reach group' of younger and older people, men and women, the book shows how poverty and insecurity have now become the defining features of working life for many.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tracy Shildrick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48281026298107,"sku":"9781847429100","price":55.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781847429100_90a53a2f-f748-43a3-ae21-8d9198aa2542.jpg?v=1772487677","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/poverty-and-insecurity-9781847429100","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}