Poverty

Lo sagrado secularizado como sustento diario: los sambeniteros en las calles zulianas

by Vanessa A Casanova R

Co-authored with Nelly García-Gavidia

Esta investigación versa sobre la representación que los creyentes de San Benito de Palermo tienen del tipo de... more Esta investigación versa sobre la representación que los creyentes de San Benito de Palermo tienen del tipo de práctica de algunos sujetos que transitan por las calles pidiendo limosna con una imagen del Santo en sus brazos. Las interrogantes que han guiado la investigación son: ¿qué tipo de práctica es ésa, donde pareciera no existir límites entre lo religioso y lo secular? ¿Qué representación tienen estos individuos acerca de la religión? ¿Hacen alguna distinción entre lo religioso y lo secular, en el contexto de las prácticas que les sirven de sustento económico? Los objetivos son: explicar la relación entre lo religioso y lo secular en este tipo de prácticas y creencias. El método utilizado es la etnografía, y el análisis interpretativo de las significaciones. Se concluye es identificado con lo sagrado: para algunos, la intercesión del Santo legitima su búsqueda de dinero, para otros, la oportunidad de estar frente al Santo, tocarlo o bailarlo merece un pago para quien lo lleva a cuestas.

(English version): The devotees of San Benito de Palermo go through the streets carrying an image of the Saint and asking for alms. The questions that concern this paper include: a discussion of this tradition which is both secular and sacred in character; the religious persuasion of those involved; and the distinction between religious rites and the means of sustenance. The objectives of this research include an explanation of the relation between the religious and the secular in this particular persuasion. The methods applied are those of ethnology; analysis is based upon implied meaning. The conclusion is that for some people the intervention of the Saint is welcome and justifies the devotees’ personal need for money. The presence invoked by the idol, the touching of the figure, or dancing before it, is a periodical ritual and the service of the devotees offers a good opportunity to make a participatory donation.

Rapport de soutenance de thèse

by Anne Brunon-Ernst

Defence report

Poverty and Socio-Political Transition: Perceptions of the Poor

by Kammila Naidoo

Poverty and International Aid among Russia's Indigenous Peoples

by Indra Overland

Turkish Reliability and Validty of Chinese Perceived Causes of Poverty Scale

by Gonca Polat

Determining the Perceptions of Social Assistance and Solidarity Fund Personel regarding the Causes of Poverty

by Gonca Polat

‘Poor relief in the south of Ireland, 1850-1921’ in Poverty and welfare in Ireland, 1838-1948, V. Crossman & P. Gray (eds) (Irish Academic Press, 2011)

by Georgina Laragy

With V. Crossman, S. Lucey and O Purdue, ‘Sources for the study of the Irish poor Law, 1850-1921’ Visual, material and print culture in Nineteenth-Century Ireland (Four Courts Press, 2010).

by Georgina Laragy

'Narratives of poverty in Irish suicides between the Great Famine and the First World War, 1845-1914', in Andreas Gestrich, Elizabeth Hurren and Steven King (eds), Poverty and Sickness in Modern Europe: Narratives of the Sick Poor, 1780-1938 (Continuum Press, 2012), pp.143-59.

by Georgina Laragy

forthcoming

Multiple Forms of Perceived Discrimination and Health among Adolescents and Young Adults

by Eric Anthony Grollman

Published in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, June 2012: http://hsb.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/05/14/0022146512444289.abstract

Research on perceived discrimination has overwhelmingly focused on one form of discrimination, especially race... more Research on perceived discrimination has overwhelmingly focused on one form of discrimination, especially race discrimination, in isolation from other forms. The present article uses data from the Black Youth Culture Survey, a nationally representative, racially and ethnically diverse sample of 1,052 adolescents and young adults to investigate the prevalence, distribution, and mental and physical health consequences of multiple forms of perceived discrimination. The findings suggest that disadvantaged groups, especially multiply disadvantaged youth, face greater exposure to multiple forms of discrimination than their more privileged counterparts. The experience of multiple forms of discrimination is associated with worse mental and physical health above the effect of only one form and contributes to the relationship between multiple disadvantaged statuses and health. These findings suggest that past research may misspecify the discrimination-health relationship and fails to account for the disproportionate exposure to discrimination faced by multiply disadvantaged individuals.

How inequality affects the development of regions in Romania?

by Gratian Mihailescu

Sustainable Development and Malawi

by Naomi Weir

Blood, Sweat, and Smiles: The Search for a Reason

by Diana Ruth Arcega

published in upiu.com; edited version of 'The Search'

Poverty dynamics in Costa Rica with panel data from cross-sections

by Pablo Slon

Dinámica de la pobreza en Costa Rica: datos de panel a partir de cortes transversales

by Pablo Slon

Küresel Eşitsizlik: Güncel Tartışma, Önemi ve Politika Önerileri

by Uluslararası İlişkiler

Selim Erdem Aytaç, " Küresel Eşitsizlik: Güncel Tartışma, Önemi ve Politika Önerileri ", Uluslararası İlişkiler, Cilt 6, Sayı 21 (Bahar), 2009

Literatürde küresel eşitsizlik konusu son zamanlarda geniş bir yer bulmasına rağmen var olan çalışmaların büyük kısmı... more Literatürde küresel eşitsizlik konusu son zamanlarda geniş bir yer bulmasına rağmen var olan çalışmaların büyük kısmı küresel eşitsizlik düzeyinin geçtiğimiz yıllarda hangi yönde ve ne kadar değiştiğine odaklanmakta, bu eşitsizliği giderecek politika önerilerine yeterince yer vermemektedir. Mevcut makale literatürdeki bu boşluğu küresel eşitsizlik konusunda önde gelen çalışmaları inceleyip ortaya çıkan bulguları sunarak ve özellikle değişik politika önerileri üzerinde durarak doldurmayı amaçlamaktadır. Ayrıca küresel eşitsizlik konusundaki büyük resmi daha iyi görebilmek için çalışmada eşitsizlik seviyesi hakkındaki en son bulgulara ve küresel eşitsizliğin insanlık için neden önemli bir problem olarak görülmesi gerektiğine dair değişik görüşlere de yer verilmiştir.

Examining Theories of Development & Policy Response Based on Them from an Islamic Perspective

by Salman Ahmed Shaikh

Poverty and inequality around the world has been rising over the last three decades and the attainment of the... more Poverty and inequality around the world has been rising over the last three decades and the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) seems a far fetched goal. In explaining underdevelopment, Classical Economics has offered many theories and models including but not limited to Rostow’s Stages of Growth Theory, Harrod-Domar Model, Solow’s Growth Model, Dependency Theory, Lewis Two Sector Model, Neo-colonial Dependence Model, False-Paradigm Model, and Dualistic-Development Thesis etc. This study analyzes the theories of development proposed in classical literature in the light of Islamic Economics and investigates whether policy response influenced by some of these theories had been effective or not in selected countries and regions. In light of recent developments in growth literature, the last section of the paper also analyzes whether Islamic economics principles have the capacity to ensure that determinants of growth suggested by ‘new growth theory’ will exist in an Islamic economy and together with these, do Islamic economic principles have other distinctive mechanisms and institutions that can help in the development process.   

Poverty, Work and Social Networks: the role of social capital for Aboriginal people in urban Australian locales

by Julie Lahn

In this article I present the key findings from a project entitled, 'The Social Context of Indigenous Poverty'. The... more In this article I present the key findings from a project entitled, 'The Social Context of Indigenous Poverty'. The research involved a series of interviews with Aboriginal people in urban SE Australia on issues of poverty, social capital and social exclusion. In the paper I draw together Aboriginal perspectives on the meaning of poverty to reflect on the relevance of social capital concepts for understanding Aboriginal economic disadvantage and hence, the merits of policy framed in these terms..

THE DEVELOPMENT OF POOR RELIEF IN LANCASHIRE, c. 1598–1680

by Jonathan Healey

Poverty in an industrializing town: deserving hardship in Bolton, 1674-99

by Jonathan Healey