Poverty And Psychology

Author : Stuart C. Carr
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 146150029X
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poverty and Psychology written by Stuart C. Carr and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is constituted of a collection of leading contributions, each focusing on understanding the global dynamics of poverty and wealth together, from a psychological (particularly social psychological) perspective. It is one of few (if any) books on the subject that combines psychological theory and research with community development and practice.

Author : Laura Smith
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807771813
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychology, Poverty, and the End of Social Exclusion written by Laura Smith and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2015-04-24 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laura Smith argues that if there is any segment of society that should be concerned with the impact of classism and poverty, it is those within the “helping professions”—people who have built their careers around understanding and facilitating human emotional well-being. In this groundbreaking book, Smith charts the ebbs and flows of psychology’s consideration of poor clients, and then points to promising new approaches to serving poor communities that go beyond remediation, sympathy, and charity. Including the author’s own experiences as a psychologist in a poor community, this inspiring book: Shows practitioners and educators how to implement considerations of social class and poverty within mental health theory and practice.Addresses poverty from a true social class perspective, beginning with questions of power and oppression in health settings.Presents a view of poverty that emerges from the words of the poor through their participation in interviews and qualitative research.Offers a message of hope that poor clients and psychologists can reinvent their relationship through working together in ways that are liberating for all parties. Laura Smith is an assistant professor in the department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University. “Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, [this]is an impassioned charge to mental health professionals to advocate in truly helpful ways for America’s poor and working-class citizens . . . beautifully written and structured in a way that provides solid information with digestible doses of in-your-face depictions of poverty . . . Smith’s appeal to the healing profession is a gift. She envisions a class-inclusive society that shares common resources, opportunities, institutions, and hope. Smith’s book is a beautiful, chilling treatise calling for social change, mapping the road that will ultimately lead to that change. . . . This inspired book . . . is not meant to be purchased, perused, and placed on a shelf. It is meant to be lived. Are you in?” —PsycCRITIQUES magazine “Smith does not invite you to examine the life of the poor; she forces you to do it. And after you do it, you cannot help but question your practice. Whether you are a psychologist, a social worker, a counselor, a nurse, a psychiatrist, a teacher, or a community organizer, you will gain insights about the lives of the people you work with.” —From the Foreword by Isaac Prilleltensky, Dean, School of Education, University of Miami, Florida “This groundbreaking book challenges practitioners and educators to rethink dominant understandings of social class and poverty, and it offers concrete strategies for addressing class-based inequities. Psychology, Poverty, and the End of Social Exclusion should be required reading for anyone interested in economic and social justice.” —Heather Bullock, University of California, Santa Cruz

Author : Christopher B. Barrett
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022657430X
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Economics of Poverty Traps written by Christopher B. Barrett and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What circumstances or behaviors turn poverty into a cycle that perpetuates across generations? The answer to this question carries especially important implications for the design and evaluation of policies and projects intended to reduce poverty. Yet a major challenge analysts and policymakers face in understanding poverty traps is the sheer number of mechanisms—not just financial, but also environmental, physical, and psychological—that may contribute to the persistence of poverty all over the world. The research in this volume explores the hypothesis that poverty is self-reinforcing because the equilibrium behaviors of the poor perpetuate low standards of living. Contributions explore the dynamic, complex processes by which households accumulate assets and increase their productivity and earnings potential, as well as the conditions under which some individuals, groups, and economies struggle to escape poverty. Investigating the full range of phenomena that combine to generate poverty traps—gleaned from behavioral, health, and resource economics as well as the sociology, psychology, and environmental literatures—chapters in this volume also present new evidence that highlights both the insights and the limits of a poverty trap lens. The framework introduced in this volume provides a robust platform for studying well-being dynamics in developing economies.

Author : William Ascher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108840361
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Psychology of Poverty Alleviation written by William Ascher and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-20 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the psychological insights needed to establish successful poverty-alleviation programs in developing countries without destructive conflict.

Author : Ajit K. Mohanty
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9788170228059
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychology of Poverty and Disadvantage written by Ajit K. Mohanty and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 2000 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers presented at the Seminar on "Psychology of Poverty and Disadvantage", 18-20 December, 1997, organized by Centre of Advanced Study in Psychology, at Bhubaneswar.

Author : Heather E. Bullock
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118378776
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women and Poverty written by Heather E. Bullock and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-09-18 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women and Poverty analyzes the social and structural factors that contribute to, and legitimize, class inequity and women's poverty. In doing so, the book provides a unique documentation of women's experiences of poverty and classism at the individual and interpersonal levels. Provides readers with a critical analysis of the social and structural factors that contribute to women's poverty Uses a multidisciplinary approach to bring together new research and theory from social psychology, policy studies, and critical and feminist scholarship Documents women's experiences of poverty and classism at the interpersonal and institutional levels Discusses policy analysis for reducing poverty and social inequality

Author : Sendhil Mullainathan
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0805092641
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scarcity written by Sendhil Mullainathan and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A surprising and intriguing examination of how scarcity—and our flawed responses to it—shapes our lives, our society, and our culture

Author : Sebastián J. Lipina
Publisher : Amer Psychological Assn
ISBN 13 : 9781433804458
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poverty and Brain Development During Childhood written by Sebastián J. Lipina and published by Amer Psychological Assn. This book was released on 2009 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poverty remains an urgent crisis worldwide. In the United States, 28.6 million children live in low-income families and 12.7 million children live in poor families. In nations belonging to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 47 million children live below national poverty lines. Poverty and Brain Development During Childhood examines how a range of early social and material deprivations affect structural and functional brain organization and cognitive and socioemotional development postnatally and throughout childhood.

Author : Valerie Maholmes, Ph.D., CAS Ph.D.
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199772967
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Poverty and Child Development written by Valerie Maholmes, Ph.D., CAS Ph.D. and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 15 million children live in families subsisting below the federal poverty level, and there are nearly 4 million more children living in poverty today than in the turn of the 21st century. When compared to their more affluent counterparts, children living in fragile circumstances-including homeless children, children in foster care, and children living in families affected by chronic physical or mental health problems-are more likely to have low academic achievement, to drop out of school, and to have health and behavioral problems. The Oxford Handbook of Poverty and Child Development provides a comprehensive analysis of the mechanisms through which socioeconomic, cultural, familial, and community-level factors impact the early and long-term cognitive, neurobiological, socio-emotional, and physical development of children living in poverty. Leading contributors from various disciplines review basic and applied multidisciplinary research and propose questions and answers regarding the short and long-term impact of poverty, contexts and policies on child developmental trajectories. In addition, the book features analyses involving diverse children of all ages, particularly those from understudied groups (e.g. Pacific Islanders, Native Americans, immigrants) and those from understudied geographic areas (e.g., the rural U.S; international humanitarian settings). Each of the 7 sections begins with an overview of basic biological and behavioral research on child development and poverty, followed by applied analyses of contemporary issues that are currently at the heart of public debates on child health and well-being, and concluded with suggestions for policy reform. Through collaborative, interdisciplinary research, this book identifies the most pressing scientific issues involving poverty and child development, and offers new ideas and research questions that could lead us to develop a new science of research that is multidisciplinary, longitudinal, and that embraces an ecological approach to the study of child development.

Author : Vernon L. Allen
Publisher : Chicago : Markham Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychological Factors in Poverty written by Vernon L. Allen and published by Chicago : Markham Publishing Company. This book was released on 1970 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: