Jones Owen. Chavs: The demonization of the working class

London: Verso, 2012. — 325 p.The working class has become an object of fear and ridicule. Media and politicians alike dismiss as feckless, criminalized and ignorant a vast, underprivileged swathe of society whose members have become stereotyped by one hate-filled word: chavs.
In this acclaimed investigation, Owen Jones explores how the working class has gone from 'salt of the earth' to 'scum of the earth'. Chavs is apowerful, illuminating and disturbing portrait of inequality and class hatred in modern Britain.The Strange Case of Shannon Matthews
Class Warriors
Politicians vs Chavs
A Class in the Stocks
'We're all middle class now'
A Rigged Society
Broken Britain
Backlash
Conclusion: A New Class Politics?