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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 globalconversation 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.

Poverty --- Social aspects --- #SBIB:316.8H15 --- Destitution --- Wealth --- Basic needs --- Begging --- Poor --- Subsistence economy --- Welzijns- en sociale problemen: sociale ongelijkheid en armoede --- Poverty - Social aspects

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« Le déluge social et écologique est déjà là. Non pas après nous, mais à côté de nous. Ce phénomène ne concerne pas que les générations futures, il affecte déjà les pays pauvres du Sud. Or, en raison de notre position privilégiée au sein des sociétés riches du Nord, nous le percevons à peine. Bienvenue dans la société d'externalisation. Depuis l'origine de l'industrialisation capitaliste, la stratégie des pays riches du Nord a toujours consisté à faire porter le poids de leur développement à d'autres. Ainsi, en regard de la question environnementale, le problème n'est pas tant que nous vivons au-dessus de nos moyens, mais que nous vivons au-dessus des moyens des autres. Si le concept des externalités n'est pas nouveau, Stephan Lessenich fait exploser ce cadre d'analyse et montre comment les changements climatiques et la crise des réfugiés rendent matériels et visibles la société d'externalisation et son prix, la société-monde n'ayant plus d'«en-dehors» pour se maintenir. Riche en exemples, À côté de nous le déluge ajoute donc aux théories de l'échange inégal et du rapport centre-périphérie une dimension écologique essentielle et un ancrage dans la vie quotidienne des citoyennes et citoyens du Nord à travers la consommation de masse. En dévoilant au grand jour la violence structurelle de la société d'externalisation - nous n'externalisons pas par méchanceté individuelle mais parce que la pratique sociale le permet -, Stephan Lessenich provoque une prise de conscience nécessaire, premier pas vers une indispensable remise en question globale du capitalisme. »-- quatrième page de la couverture.

Social change --- Globalization --- Poverty --- Progress --- Industrial relations --- Economic aspects --- Social aspects --- Social change. --- Poverty. --- Changement social --- Mondialisation. --- Pauvreté --- Economic aspects. --- Aspect économique. --- Aspect social. --- Social change - Economic aspects --- Globalization - Economic aspects --- Poverty - Social aspects --- Pauvreté

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This book is concerned with the social science of poverty and covers topics ranging from the intricacies of measuring poverty using objective quantitative, income-based measures, to the interrelationships between structural violence, poverty, and social suffering; capability deprivation as the basis for analyzing poverty; ideologies and beliefs about poverty; how politics and institutions shape poverty and inequality; and the effects of poverty on child development. The book also explores the link between gender and poverty; the historical origins of poverty in developing countries; poor neighborhoods in the metropolis; how segregation perpetuates disadvantage; the association between nonmarital family structures, poverty, and inequality; whether social ties matter for poor people who are seeking employment; the link between poverty and education; intergenerational mobility; hunger and food insecurity; and the relation between crime and poverty.

Poverty. --- Poverty --- Social justice. --- Pauvreté --- Justice sociale --- Social aspects. --- Aspect social --- #SBIB:316.8H15 --- Equality --- Justice --- Destitution --- Wealth --- Basic needs --- Begging --- Poor --- Subsistence economy --- Welzijns- en sociale problemen: sociale ongelijkheid en armoede --- E-books --- Pauvreté --- Social justice --- Social aspects --- armoede --- 339.1 --- Poverty - Social aspects

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Prisoners - Economic conditions - France. --- Crime - Economic aspects - France. --- Imprisonment - Economic aspects - France. --- Criminal justice, Administration of - Economic aspects - France. --- Poverty - Social aspects - France. --- Crime --- Criminal justice, Administration of --- Imprisonment --- Poverty --- Prisoners --- City crime --- Crime and criminals --- Crimes --- Delinquency --- Felonies --- Misdemeanors --- Urban crime --- Social problems --- Criminal law --- Criminals --- Criminology --- Transgression (Ethics) --- Convicts --- Correctional institutions --- Imprisoned persons --- Incarcerated persons --- Prison inmates --- Inmates of institutions --- Persons --- Destitution --- Wealth --- Basic needs --- Begging --- Poor --- Subsistence economy --- Confinement --- Incarceration --- Corrections --- Detention of persons --- Punishment --- Prison-industrial complex --- Prisons --- School-to-prison pipeline --- Administration of criminal justice --- Justice, Administration of --- Economic aspects --- Social aspects --- Economic conditions --- Inmates --- Law and legislation --- Economic conditions.