Drawing upon findings from a qualitative project exploring welfare stigma in the lives of
women in Merseyside, this article examines experiences of stigma and resistance strategies …

This paper is about a documentary that formed one component of a project to draw attention
to and contest the redevelopment of Sydney's Waterloo public housing estate. There Goes …

Across popular media and political discourse, subjects are increasingly addressed through
the language of resilience–called upon to be positive, to show 'grit, and to 'bounceback'from …

The book sets out to examine the concept of'chav', providing a review of its origins, its
characterological figures, the process of enregisterment whereby it has come to be …

This doctoral thesis examines the dual penal and welfare aims or 'arms' of the 'state',
foregrounding the often-neglected experiences of marginalised women who are caught …

The Grenfell Tower fire is a tragic manifestation of the brutality of the neoliberal conditionality
of home. The systematic devaluing of the lives of residents in the social housing block is the …

The head teacher came out into the playground.'Oh look'Tracey said,'here comes Hitler'. I
laughed,'Have you met him?'I asked. She said,'Yeah he's alright actually, to the parents …

This article argues that shared problematizations—shared political and public ways of
thinking—legitimize policies and their outcomes. To support this argument, it examines the …

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has reporting poverty guidelines for its 25k+
members to use alongside its code of conduct. These were introduced following a campaign …

The recent retheorisation of stigma (Tyler, 2020) has transformed understandings of the
concept from its individualistic, apolitical usage in twentieth century Sociology, instead …