Beyond the Resources of Poverty

Gecekondu Living in the Turkish Capital
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4094-0746-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 614 g

Reihe: Cities and Society

This groundbreaking volume researches the lives of gecekondu settlers in the capital city of Turkey in order to understand how households cope with poverty and why some households are more successful than others in reducing their deprivation. It takes a critical stance towards existing conceptions such as household survival, livelihood and coping strategy and develops an alternative model based on four types of household response to poverty: income generation, income allocation, consumption and investment. In explaining household responses and their outcomes for poverty, the book demonstrates the role of different resources beyond income including social, economic and cultural capital. It emphasises broader structural factors such as labour market processes and state policies which influence the availability and/or benefit delivery capacity of household resources, and thereby moves beyond the dominant view which overemphasises the resilience of the poor. Gender divisions within the household are also examined. The book adopts an innovative method for measuring poverty. The new method combines 'objective' and subjective dimensions of deprivation to develop a unique way of addressing two central questions: what are those standards of living whose absence indicates deprivation, and how can the value of each standard of living be determined?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eroglu, Sebnem

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Wohnen & Obdachlosigkeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction 2 Conceptualising Household Responses to Poverty: A Critical Perspective 3 Explaining Household Responses to Poverty: Towards an Improved Framework 4 Researching Poor Gecekondu Households: The Method, Setting and Respondents 5

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Sebnem Eroglu is Research Officer in Sociology at the University of Essex, UK and Honorary Research Fellow in Urban Studies at the University of Kent, UK