Development, Poverty of Culture, and Social Policy.
The "cycle of poverty," a myth manufactured and sustained by the Parsonian pundits of social theory and welfare, has blamed the victims of oppression with impunity. Brij Mohan deconstructs Oscar Lewis' culture of poverty theory and its applications in the fields of social welfare, pol...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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2011
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| Summary: | The "cycle of poverty," a myth manufactured and sustained by the Parsonian pundits of social theory and welfare, has blamed the victims of oppression with impunity. Brij Mohan deconstructs Oscar Lewis' culture of poverty theory and its applications in the fields of social welfare, policy, and development. Poverty, a global scourge, is defined as a political rather than an economic issue. The implications of this formulation paradigmatically shift the focus of discourse in the social sciences. This book offers an interdisciplinary analysis of complex issues, constructs, and interventions that d. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (241 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780230117655 0230117651 1283067064 9781283067065 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
