Preface
vii
PART I: BACK TO THE FUTURE?
1.
Understanding Poverty: Then and Now
3
2.
The Getting By? Study
19
PART II: THE BIG ISSUES
3.
Money Matters
27
4.
Working Life
57
5.
Meeting Basic Needs
77
6.
Home and Family Life
121
PART III: JUST MANAGING? PERSPECTIVES ON POVERTY
7.
Family Views: ‘Who’s to Blame?’
177
8.
Liars, Thieves and Honest Scousers
189
Appendix I: How the Research Was Conducted
197
Appendix II: Family Circumstances and Spending
201
References
225
Index
231