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Auteur(s) : Walker, Robert Lloyd (1949-....)
Titre(s) : The shame of poverty [Texte imprimé] / Robert Walker ; with Grace Bantebya-Kyomuhendo, Elaine Chase, Sohail Choudhry [et al.]
Publication : Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (IX-231 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. [199]-221. Index
Présentation de l'éditeur : "The Shame of Poverty invites the reader to question their
understanding of poverty by bringing into close relief the day-to-day experiences
of low-income families living in societies as diverse as Norway and Uganda, Britain
and India, China, South Korea, and Pakistan. The volume explores Nobel laureate Amartya
Sen's contention that shame lies at the core of poverty. Drawing on original research
and literature from many disciplines, it reveals that the pain of poverty extends
beyond material hardship. Rather than being shameless, as is often claimed by the
media, people in poverty almost invariably feel ashamed at being unable to fulfil
their personal aspirations or to live up to societal expectations due to their lack
of income and other resources. Such shame not only hurts, adding to the negative experience
of poverty, but undermines confidence and individual agency, can lead to depression
and even suicide, and may well contribute to the perpetuation of poverty. Moreover,
people in poverty are repeatedly exposed to shaming by the attitudes and behaviour
of the people they meet, by the tenor of public debate that either dismisses them
or labels them as lazy and in their dealings with public agencies. Public policies
would be demonstrably more successful if, instead of stigmatising people for being
poor, they treated them with respect and sought actively to promote their dignity.
This book, together with the companion volume Poverty and Shame: Global Experiences,
presents comparable evidence from the seven countries, challenges the conventional
thinking that separates discussion of poverty found in the Global North from that
prevalent in the Global South. It demonstrates that the emotional experience of poverty,
with its attendant social and psychological costs, is surprisingly similar despite
marked differences in material well-being and varied cultural traditions and political
systems. In so doing, the volumes provide a foundation for a more satisfactory global
conversation about the phenomenon of poverty than that which has hitherto been frustrated
by disagreement about whether poverty is best conceptualised in absolute or relative
terms. The volume draws on the ground-breaking research of an international team:
Grace Bantebya-Kyomuhendo, Elaine Chase, Sohail Choudhry, Erika Gubrium, Ivar Lødemel,
JO Yongmie (Nicola), Leemamol Mathew, Amon Mwiine, Sony Pellissery and YAN Ming."
Sujet(s) : Pauvreté
Pauvreté -- Psychologie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 0199684820. - ISBN 9780199684823 (rel)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb438784164
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FRBNF43878416
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