BEYOND THE RESOURCES OF POVERTY by Sebnem Eroglu ( 9781317174479 )

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Title:

BEYOND THE RESOURCES OF POVERTY
GECEKONDU LIVING IN THE TURKISH CAPITAL

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ISBN 10:

131717447X

ISBN 13:

9781317174479

Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

8 April, 2016

Series:

Cities and Society

Pages:

296

Synopsis:

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?

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Routledge

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Non-returnable

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