{"product_id":"the-left-behind-morrison-james-morrison-9780745344621","title":"The Left Behind: Reimagining Britain's Socially Excluded","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamines the ways in which the 'Left Behind' have been used to symbolise and foment social divisions in contemporary Britain.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'The Left Behind' is a defining motif of contemporary British political discourse. It is the thread that knits together the 2016 Brexit referendum, the crumbling of the fabled 'Red Wall' in the North, and the pernicious culture war being waged today. But who are the Left Behind?\u003cp\u003eJames Morrison goes in search of the reality behind the rhetoric, offering the first comprehensive, historical analysis of the origins, uses and meanings of the term. He interrogates the popular archetype of the Left Behind - as a working-class, Leave-voting white male from a former industrial heartland - and situates the concept in the context of longstanding, demonizing discourses aimed at communities seen as backward and 'undeserving'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnalyzing national newspaper coverage and parliamentary discussions, and drawing on interviews with MPs, community leaders, charities, and people with direct lived experiences of poverty and precarity, \u003ci\u003eThe Left Behind\u003c\/i\u003e grapples with the real human cost of austerity for neglected post-industrial communities and other marginalized groups across the world, and the stigmatizing discourse that does little to serve them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Morrison James Morrison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745344623\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745344621\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.43h x 5.51w x 0.87d","brand":"Morrison James Morrison","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076223824127,"sku":"9780745344621","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f6384f59-e79e-463b-ad07-dc7d98167322.jpg?v=1685463845","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-left-behind-morrison-james-morrison-9780745344621","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}