Getting by : begging, rough sleeping and the Big Issue in Glasgow and Edinburgh
(2015)
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States]: Policy Press 2015
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DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781447311294 (electronic bk.) MWT11940591, 1447311299 (electronic bk.) 11940591
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
While the 1% rule, poor neighborhoods 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 stigmatized 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 humor and despite facing brutal austerity
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