Life at the Bottom
Subtitle: The Worldview that Makes the Underclass
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
Published: 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9781566633826
Subjects: Central government policies; Social & cultural anthropology; Sociology - General; Prisoners; Political Sociology; Sociology Of Mental Health; Social Science; Sociology; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Public Policy - General; Poverty; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Sociology - Social Theory; Social Science / General; Mental health; Criminals; Great Britain; Poor
Description: "Life at the Bottom offers a searing account - probably the best yet published - of life in the underclass and why it persists as it does.".

"Theodore Dalrymple, a British psychiatrist who treats the poor in a slum hospital and a prison in England, has apparently seen it all. Yet in listening to and observing his patients, he is continually astonished by the latest twist of depravity that exceeds even his own considerable experience. He uses a remarkable gift for reportage to recount the behavior of his patients and to analyze its implications in underclass life and for our society as a whole."--BOOK JACKET.