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Author : Elizabeth Seale
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1509553347
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Poverty written by Elizabeth Seale and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People in poverty suffer daily under misconceptions about economic hardship and its causes. Providing the most comprehensive consideration to date of poverty in the United States, Elizabeth Seale tackles how we think about issues of culture, behavior, and poverty, cutting straight to the heart of debates about social class. The book addresses tough questions, including how being poor affects individual behavior, and how we can make sense of that in a larger social and political context. The central premise is that to understand the behavior and lives of people in poverty, one must consider their relational context, especially relations of vulnerability and the human need for dignity. Poverty is a social problem we should address as a society by changing social relations that, as a matter of course, cause unnecessary and immense suffering. To do so, we must directly confront our lack of regard for people in poverty by recognizing that they are in fact worthy of an effort to induce major social change. This critical introduction to poverty will be an important read for undergraduate students and above in sociology wanting to learn more about the growing social problems of poverty, inequality, and stratification.