Social Networks and Coping with Poverty in Rural Areas

Klärner, Andreas; Knabe, André

doi:10.1111/soru.12250

Cited by 29 publications

(20 citation statements)

References 80 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Has pervasive solidarity become a thing of the past (Hogan, Eggebeen, and Clogg 1993), when networks were mostly dense and local (Wellman 1979), family structures more extensive, and employment opportunities more widespread (e.g., González de la Rocha 2007)? Do some people in poverty encounter solidarity while others in similar circumstances face isolation (Klärner and Knabe 2019; Marques 2012), and if so, what explains this difference? Or can solidarity and individualism coexist in the same individuals or communities?…”

Section: Social Network and Povertymentioning

confidence: 99%

Do Networks Help People To Manage Poverty? Perspectives from the Field

Lubbers¹,

Small²,

García³

2020

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Scie

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Social Network and Povertymentioning

confidence: 99%

Do Networks Help People To Manage Poverty? Perspectives from the Field

Lubbers¹,

Small²,

García³

2020

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Scie

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…A key value which governs many social norms in the participants’ networks is respect. Adding to the understanding of social exclusion in rural areas ( Klärner and Knabe, 2019 ; Shucksmith, 2012 ; Guiaux et al, 2011 ), we illustrate how participants regularly perceive a lack of respect in contacts outside their own network. The intricate notion of respect plays a key role in the outward distrust and many conflicts observed within the networks, which ultimately reinforce social exclusion.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 89%

“…An appropriate way to start exploring class practices is by closely examining the characteristics of social networks of poor and their position in social space ( Lee et al, 2005 ). In a sociological sense, examining social networks entails looking at the structure of social ties and how they facilitate support or exclusion processes ( Klärner and Knabe, 2019 ). Social networks and the resources located within them have a strong determining effect on the opportunities and life prospects of individuals (see Putnam, 2001 ; Forrest and Kearns, 2001 ).…”

Section: Class Practices In Social Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Enduring rural poverty: Stigma, class practices and social networks in a town in the Groninger Veenkoloniën

Meij

Haartsen

Meijering

2020

Journal of Rural Studies

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In the Groninger Veenkoloniën, a former peat region in the northeast of the Netherlands, persistent poverty is more prevalent compared to other rural regions in the country. Grounded in participant observations and supplemented by in-depth interviews capturing the social life history of 21 participants, this paper paints a detailed picture of the social networks and class practices of those experiencing persisting poverty in the examined town and surrounding region. In addition, we explore the relations between the rural context and lived experiences of class and poverty. Our findings highlight the complex experience as well as spatial embeddedness of persisting poverty. We find that, although the specific circumstances to which the participants are exposed vary greatly, the repercussions in terms of the characteristics of their social networks and practices are very similar. In general, the social networks of participants are fragmented and small, tightly knit, and characterized by clear power imbalances. The most formative experiences that result in the isolation of networks of poor are found to occur in the home and family situation during childhood years. We argue that poverty and the region's history are intricately interwoven resulting in a socio-spatial stigma which in turn contributes to the persistent and intergenerational character of poverty in the rural context of our study. Due to the long history of stigmatization, dismantling the socio-spatial stigma attached to the Groninger Veenkoloniën will presumably take multiple generations.

show abstract

“…In the next stage, considering the spatial dimensions of poverty and following research stating that rural and urban social networks are structurally and functionally distinctive and differentially influence how people cope with economic and other circumstances ( Klärner and Knabe, 2019 ), we purposively selected three rural districts within the Gunung Kidul regency and four urban districts within the Sleman regency. For this, we followed the official urban-rural classification based on Village Potential ( podes 1 ) statistics [Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) Indonesia (Statistics Indonesia), 2016].…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

‘The Devil’s Company’: A Grounded Theory Study on Aging, Loneliness and Social Change Among ‘Older Adult Children’ in Rural Indonesia

et al. 2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Introduction: As a consequence of rising life expectancies, many families are no longer made up of one, but two simultaneously aging generations. This elderly parent–older adult child (OAC) dyad has emerged as a newly overserved yet little explored demographic phenomenon. Studies on this intergenerational aging dyad and the possible ramifications of when caregivers are simultaneously aging with care-receivers are scarce, especially in low and middle-income countries. This study explored the process by which rural Indonesian OACs experience their own aging, thereby gaining insights into how this newly evolving reality impacts the traditional ways of old-age care provision.Methods: This study has a qualitative design and draws on eight focus group discussions with 48 community-dwelling OACs (23 men, 25 women; mean age 64 years) in four rural villages in the Yogyakarta Special Region, Indonesia. The theoretical framework was largely inspired by symbolic interactionism aided by the sensitizing concepts of social network deficits, interpersonal emotions, and the social construction of risks. Data were analyzed using Grounded Theory as outlined by Corbin and Strauss.Results: Respondents’ accounts reflected four categories: 1) aging in a welt of chronic insecurity; 2) OACs: a generation “betwixt and between” expected demands and unmet expectations; 3) landscapes of loneliness; and 4) compromising against conventions. As depicted in a conceptual model, these categories interrelated with each other and were linked by a core category, “bargaining for a sense of security”, which collectively summarized a process by which OACs’ experienced their own course of aging.Conclusion: Our study provided insights into how and why loneliness emerged amidst the challenges of social and demographic transformations and how in response to this unconventional compromises were made, which affect both the networks of caretakers and the places of old-age care. It is doing so by including the perspectives of rural Indonesian OACs. The results showed how multiple intersecting negative experiences constrained the aging experiences of OACs and produced precarious aging trajectories. Our findings highlight the importance of old-age loneliness as an emerging public health and social problem by discussing how intrinsically this emotion was interwoven with social life.

show abstract

Social Networks and Coping with Poverty in Rural Areas

Cited by 29 publications

References 80 publications

Do Networks Help People To Manage Poverty? Perspectives from the Field

Do Networks Help People To Manage Poverty? Perspectives from the Field

Enduring rural poverty: Stigma, class practices and social networks in a town in the Groninger Veenkoloniën

‘The Devil’s Company’: A Grounded Theory Study on Aging, Loneliness and Social Change Among ‘Older Adult Children’ in Rural Indonesia

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About