Life at the Bottom
The Worldview That Makes the Underclass
By Theodore Dalrymple
This work is an account of life in the underclass and why it persists as it does, written by a British psychiatrist who treats the poor in a slum hospital and a prison in England. Its insight is that long-term poverty is caused not by economics but by a dysfunctional set of values, one that is continually reinforced by an elite culture searching for victims. It draws upon eye-opening, true-life vignettes that are by turns hilariously funny, chillingly horrifying, and all too revealing - sometimes all at once.
- ISBN:
- 9781566635059
- Format:
- Paperback / softback
- Pages:
- 284
- Published:
- Publisher:
- Ivan R Dee, Inc
- Imprint:
- Ivan R Dee, Inc
- Weight:
- 372 g