Theories of Poverty and Anti-Poverty Programs in Community Development

Bradshaw, Ted K.

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“…This kind of attributional behavior reflects what upheld by the "Cyclical Theory", that considers poverty as originating from a sort of "spiral" of problems of different kind can create disinvestment and decline at community level and individual level (people become poorer and consequently less self-confident and so forth) [4].…”

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“…Several studies, indeed, bring out a relation among cultural, social, economic and demographic characteristics of individuals and attributions they make for poor people and for poverty. For instance, many studies, examined the effects of real or perceived socioeconomic status, age, sex, education, political ideology, religious beliefs [4], [17], [18], [19].…”

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“…Furthermore, "stratification is a basic aspect of society" [3] and this is the reason why topic about attributions for social stratification has generated since "60s what Wilson defines a "growing amount" [4] of research studies in sociopsychological and economic field.…”

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“…"Just world theory", for instance, upholds the idea that people have "what they merit" that is what "mathematically" derives from their actions [6]: that"s what Feagin [9] calls "Social darwinism". A second group, in contrast, comprises contextual factors and trace poverty/wealth status back to structural variables: Bradshaw [4] talks explicitly about "culture of poverty" as a subculture of poor people in which they develop a set of shared values and norms that is separate from the culture of the main society. Likewise the Dominant ideology thesis [10] underlines the importance of cultural factors: in all societies, the subordinate classes "introject" the socio-cultural values of the predominant class.…”

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How Religious Faith Affects Beliefs on Poverty: A Study in Italy

Norcia¹,

Rissotto²

2013

IJSSH

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Abstract-This study analyses the attributions of causality and the representations about poverty in order to better understand people's perception and to suggest adequate and shared interventions. The data we analyzed refer to a 2012 research which has been carried out on a sample of 1000 participants in Italy. Preliminary analysis has been conducted in order to get the relation among attribution of causality for impoverishment and religious beliefs to emerge. Further multivariate analysis has tested the relation net of other dimension as economic status (income), sex and education level.Index Terms-Poverty, causal attribution for poverty, religion and poverty.

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How Religious Faith Affects Beliefs on Poverty: A Study in Italy

Norcia¹,

Rissotto²

2013

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“…Table 2.1 presents a brief overview of classes of poverty theories and selected references. As Bradshaw ( 2005 ) argues, the choice of a theory and the defi nition of the problem are thereby not only scientifi cally motivated, but also politically infl uenced. O'Connor ( 2001 , 12) mentions that poverty research is also a political act, which is infl uenced by biases and values of an educated elite who aims to "categorize, stigmatize, but above all to neutralize the poor and disadvantaged through analysis that obscures the political nature of social and economic inequality.…”

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Marginality—A Framework for Analyzing Causal Complexities of Poverty

Gatzweiler

Baumüller

2013

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This chapter presents an interdisciplinary framework for the investigation of marginality which is inclusive of the diversity of existing poverty research approaches. Marginality is presented as a systemic and evolutionary concept with particular reference to the role of institutions that constrain or motivate actions as measured against a performance indicator such as productivity growth. Based on a brief review of marginality research in social, economic, and development fi elds, this chapter presents a defi nition of marginality and explains the differences between this conceptual framework and those of poverty. Finally, the components of the framework and its interrelationships are described and awareness for the need for further research on marginality is raised.

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Subculture of Poverty

Wilson

2017

International Encyclopedia of Geography

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The theory of a subculture of poverty, first offered by anthropologist Oscar Lewis to understand the persistence of poverty in rural and urban settings, pervasively persists. The theory asserts that the poor adapt to conditions of poverty and marginality by creating a subculture adapted to those conditions that ensures some degree of normalcy and happiness. This culture sustains poverty by normalizing its supporting value orientations: helplessness, the search for immediate gratification, dependency, marginality, and powerlessness. Criticisms have been widespread and harsh, focusing on the notions that the poor are anything but passive and unthinking beings in the face of social and economic oppression, and that it is problematic to read from human behavior a notion of unfettered human choices. In both cases, the notion of a subculture of poverty is deemed to be simplistic and caricaturing.

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Theories of Poverty and Anti-Poverty Programs in Community Development

Cited by 209 publications

References 11 publications

How Religious Faith Affects Beliefs on Poverty: A Study in Italy

How Religious Faith Affects Beliefs on Poverty: A Study in Italy

Marginality—A Framework for Analyzing Causal Complexities of Poverty

Subculture of Poverty

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