#WelfareReform reinforces growing #ClassPrejudice reminiscent of Victorian era - @SheffieldUni cc @OwenJones84 British #society is becoming increasingly #intolerant of #unemployed people and other disadvantaged groups, according to academics at the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI). • Study finds people believe work is plentiful and #unemployment is a #lifestyle choice • Evidence of an alarming #intolerance towards #disabled people, with questions over legitimacy of #benefits • 10 Downing Streets rhetoric on ‘#scroungers’ likely to reinforce these attitudes. A study by The University of Sheffield has found there is a growing sense that unemployment is caused by individuals’ personal failings, rather than by structural problems in the #economy. It is clear that the derogatory term ‘#chav’ remains in popular usage. Middle class research participants tended to identify and condemn ‘chav’ culture so as to validate and re-affirm their own superior social position. #WorkingClass respondents were more likely to identify and #condemn ‘chav’ culture in order to distinguish themselves from it. We appear to be witnessing the re-emergence of traditional distinctions between the ‘deserving’ and ‘undeserving’ poor, associated with the #Victorian era.
Posted on: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 23:30:39 +0000
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