num_pages: 224
description: While the 1% rule poor neighbourhoods have become the subject of public concern and media scorn blamed for society's ills. This unique book redresses the balance. Lisa Mckenzie lived on the St Anns estate in Nottingham for more than 20 years. Her insider status enables us to hear the stories of its residents often wary of outsiders. St Ann's has been stigmatised as a place where gangs guns drugs single mothers and those unwilling or unable to make something of their lives reside. Yet in this same community we find strong resourceful ambitious people who are 'getting by' often with humour and despite facing brutal austerity.
language: English
title: Getting By: Estates, Class and Culture in Austerity Britain
publisher: Policy Press