Published
Jan 14, 2015Page count
224 pagesISBN
978-1447309956Dimensions
216 x 138 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Jan 14, 2015Page count
224 pagesISBN
978-1447311294Dimensions
Imprint
Policy PressPublished
Jan 14, 2015Page count
224 pagesISBN
978-1447311300Dimensions
Imprint
Policy Press
Getting By
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LESSONS FROM LOCKDOWN: Lisa Mckenzie on class
Lockdown diaries of the working class
Named one of the 'Top 10 books about council housing' in The Guardian
While the 1% rule, poor neighbourhoods have become the subject of public concern and media scorn, blamed for society's ills. This unique book redresses the balance. Lisa Mckenzie lived on the St Ann’s estate in Nottingham for more than 20 years. Her ‘insider’ status enables us to hear the stories of its residents, often wary of outsiders. St Ann's has been stigmatised as a place where gangs, guns, drugs, single mothers and those unwilling or unable to make something of their lives reside. Yet in this same community we find strong, resourceful, ambitious people who are 'getting by', often with humour and despite facing brutal austerity.
Lisa Mckenzie is a research fellow in the Department of Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science, working on issues of social inequality and class stratification through ethnographic research. Lisa brings an unusual and innovative approach to research by means of her extensive experience of bringing the academic world and local community together.
Foreword by Danny Dorling;
Introduction; Being and belonging: the importance of narrative;
‘Being St Ann's’: an alternative value system;
‘Passing by’: family and community;
‘A little bit of sugar’: a discussion of taste;
‘The roof is on fire’: despair, fear and civil unrest;
‘On Road, don’t watch’;
Conclusion;
Afterword by Owen Jones
