The New Poverty and Local Government Social Policies: A West German Perspective

Neef, Rainer

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2427.1992.tb00169.x

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“…Most residents held very negative attitudes to their community and their daily lives were conditioned by bleak acceptance of the surrounding deprivation rather than by any attempt to dilute the negative features of their environment. In an overview of research into community networks in a number of locations in West Germany, Neef (1992) found similar levels of detachment. Marginalized groups did not openly display their poverty but were often ashamed of it and tended to retreat to the privacy of their households rather than engage in any community exchanges with households in similar predicaments.…”

Section: Social Capital In West Belfastmentioning

confidence: 90%

Bonding and Bridging Social Capital: Reflections from Belfast

2004

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The purpose of this article is to question whether the concept of social capital has anything original to offer for understanding why some communities have weaker networks compared to others. Drawing on an empirical example from Belfast, the article illustrates that the themes embedded in social capital have a long history. Moreover, rather than a benign phenomenon, social capital excludes as well as includes community members within its networks. While Putnam (2000) tries to deal with this negative effect through his distinction between ‘bonding’ and ‘bridging’ social capital, his analysis is flawed. Moving from bonding to bridging social capital is beset with contradictions. In order to set in motion the framework for bridging social capital to emerge, the conditions that led to the development of bonding social capital need to be undermined. However, removing the rationale for the existence of bonding social capital by no means ensures that the path is paved for the development of bridging social capital.The article examines some of the problematic aspects of this transition through an examination of community networks and relationships in one Catholic community in West Belfast. Here, the wider political conflict in Northern Ireland facilitated the development of bonding social capital, while the peace process provided opportunities for bridging social capital to strengthen and develop. The example indicates that the exclusion aspect of social capital persists in the transition from bonding to bridging social capital.

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Section: Social Capital In West Belfastmentioning

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2004

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“…In other Member States which also have a conservative-corporatist welfare regime (such as Germany and the Netherlands), the focus has also been on reintegrating the (long-term) unemployed into the labour market. Whilst these welfare regimes are quite generous, especially for those covered by social insurance schemes, the particularistic nature of the social protection system has arguably exacerbated the situation of the socially excluded and intensified their exclusion from the labour market (Neef, 1992;Schmitter Heisler, 1996). In practice therefore, policies to tackle social exclusion have mainly been directed at reinserting the long-term unemployed into the labour market, and the social and cultural dimensions of exclusion have largely been ignored.…”

Section: The Development Of the Eu Notion Of Social Exclusionmentioning

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The Concept of Social Exclusion in the European Union: Context, Development and Possibilities

Atkinson

Voudi

2000

J of Common Market Studies

136

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In recent years the term 'social exclusion' has come to occupy a central place in the discussion of social policy and inequality in Europe. While the notion has acquired important strategic connotations, by stressing structural and cultural/social processes, the precise meaning of the term remains somewhat elusive. This article focuses on the reasons for and the manner in which the notion of social exclusion has developed within the EU social policy discourse, aiming to provide a clearer understanding of its origins, functions and multiple dimensions. Whilst adopting a critical approach to the notion of social exclusion, the article suggests that the concept has played a positive role in keeping issues such as inequality and poverty on the policy agenda. The article also suggests possible ways in which social exclusion might be developed in a climate which has become less conducive, if not hostile, to an autonomous, activist EU social policy.

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“…the causation and determinants of poverty. The prevailing interpretation of new urban poverty considers it an outcome of global economic restructuring, changes in the welfare state and changes in social structure (Wilson, 1987; Sassen, 1991; Neef, 1992; Morris, 1993; Wacquant, 1993; Wessel, 2000; Walks, 2001). The post‐Fordist economy and an employment regime characterized by a precarious labour market and the curtailment of employment for life have caused very large numbers of uneducated or unskilled workers to be excluded in Western cities (Gans, 1993).…”

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Poverty Concentration and Determinants in China's Urban Low‐income Neighbourhoods and Social Groups

He¹,

Webster

et al. 2010

Int J Urban Regional Res

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Based on a large-scale household survey conducted in 2007, this article reports on poverty concentration and determinants in China's low-income neighbourhoods and social groups. Three types of neighbourhood are recognized: dilapidated inner-city neighbourhoods, declining workers' villages and urban villages. Respondents are grouped into four categories: working, laid-off/unemployed and retired urban residents, together with rural migrants. We first measure poverty concentration across different types of neighbourhood and different groups. The highest concentrations are found in dilapidated inner-city neighbourhoods and among the laid-off/unemployed. Mismatches are found between actual hardships, sense of deprivation and distribution of social welfare provision. Second, we examine poverty determinants. Variations in institutional protection and market remuneration are becoming equally important in predicting poverty generation, but are differently associated with it in the different neighbourhoods and groups. As China's urban economy is increasingly shaped by markets, the mechanism of market remuneration is becoming a more important determinant of poverty patterns, especially for people who are excluded from state institutions, notably laid-off workers and rural migrants. Copyright (c) 2010 The Authors. Journal Compilation (c) 2010 Joint Editors and Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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The New Poverty and Local Government Social Policies: A West German Perspective

Cited by 10 publications

References 12 publications

Bonding and Bridging Social Capital: Reflections from Belfast

Bonding and Bridging Social Capital: Reflections from Belfast

The Concept of Social Exclusion in the European Union: Context, Development and Possibilities

Poverty Concentration and Determinants in China's Urban Low‐income Neighbourhoods and Social Groups

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