Poverty in Global Perspective: Is Shame a Common Denominator?

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
1 January 2013
Document Type:
Journal Article
Theme:
Social Change
First published:
1 January 2013
Authors:
Walker, R.

Abstract

Focussing on the psychosocial dimensions of poverty, the contention that shame lies at the 鈥榠rreducible absolutist core鈥� of the idea of poverty is examined through qualitative research with adults and children experiencing poverty in diverse settings in seven countries: rural Uganda and India; urban China; Pakistan; South Korea and United Kingdom; and small town and urban Norway.

Citation

Walker, R. Poverty in Global Perspective: Is Shame a Common Denominator? Journal of Social Policy (2013) 42 (2) 215-233.

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