{"product_id":"9781035015122-left-behind-britaina-s-white-working-class","title":"Underdogs","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Truth About Britain's White Working Class\u003cbr\u003eWho are the white working class and why are they so misunderstood? \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e journalist Joel Budd has spent five years investigating their stories. This is what they have to say.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs heard on BBC Radio 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnderdogs \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eis a compelling, myth-busting account of white working-class Britain\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Essential reading' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Thoughtful and nuanced' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brings fresh thinking to tired arguments' \u003c\/b\u003e- Robert Ford, author of \u003ci\u003eBrexitland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A calm, sensitive, soothingly sociological book' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- The Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e________\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo large group of people in Britain is as badly misunderstood as the white working class. Its members have been caricatured as grumpy and backward-looking, as incorrigibly xenophobic, even racist – a tired and simplistic narrative perpetuated by commentators and the media. The truth is entirely different.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThirty years ago, almost nobody talked about the white working class: in the House of Commons and the House of Lords the term had been used just three times in the previous two decades. Brexit helped to turn the group into a towering social and political force. But, in the aftermath, one-third of the population has been reduced to a cartoon. A shrewder analysis is badly needed. \u003ci\u003eUnderdogs\u003c\/i\u003e provides it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVeteran \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e journalist Joel Budd has spent years travelling around Britain, from Teesside to the Isle of Wight, south Wales to Lincolnshire. In \u003ci\u003eUnderdogs\u003c\/i\u003e he offers a sharp corrective to the familiar stereotype of the white working class. It describes a hugely diverse group of people that is driving social and cultural change, not just grumbling about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41617202479201,"sku":"9781035015122","price":17.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_33676159.jpg?v=1744337127","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781035015122-left-behind-britaina-s-white-working-class","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}