- Cover
- Contents
- List of tables
- About the author
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Inventing and appropriating ‘the left behind’
- 1. Working-class, ‘underclass’ and collapsing-class identity: The roots of the left behind
- 2. Politics, the press and the construction of the post-Brexit left behind
- 3. How to solve a problem like the left behind: Condescension or contempt?
- 4. Fear and loathing on social media: Trolling and championing the left behind
- 5. Speaking up for the left behind: The voices of disadvantaged Britain
- Conclusion: Towards a manifesto for ‘unite and rule’
- Appendix: Research methodologies
- References
- Index