Strategies for Conducting Post-Culture-of-Poverty Research on Poverty, Meaning, and Behavior
dc.contributor.author | Seale, Elizabeth | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-07-07T14:12:55Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-07-07T14:12:55Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Seale, E. Strategies for Conducting Post-Culture-of-Poverty Research on Poverty, Meaning, and Behavior. Am Soc 51, 402–424 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12108-020-09460-2 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/7353 | |
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dc.description.abstract | Sociologists widely agree that poverty is the effect of structural factors; however, understanding the ways in which poverty is experienced and constructed with reference to culture remains a compelling area of scholarship. In a society where culture of poverty ideas retain popularity, attributing meanings and behavior to people in poverty is complicated and contentious. Many scholars adroitly navigate these waters, but we lack clear guidelines on how to examine the behavior and perceptions of people in poverty without misrepresenting and potentially stigmatizing research subjects. I argue that to avoid problems of overgeneralization and what I call “unacknowledged comparison,” we must engage with multiple points of observation and empirical comparisons. In addition, it makes sense to center sets of circumstances that affect behavior rather than generalizing the behavior or the culture that influences that behavior. Finally, I argue that the unit of analysis should be at the relational level rather than the individual level. The implications of failing to attend to these issues include continued misunderstanding of and unwarranted stigmatization of people in poverty. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | College Foundation for SUNY Oneonta | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Springer | en_US |
dc.subject | Culture of poverty | en_US |
dc.subject | Relational inequality | en_US |
dc.subject | Research methods | en_US |
dc.subject | Poverty | en_US |
dc.subject | Culture | en_US |
dc.subject | Structure | en_US |
dc.title | Strategies for Conducting Post-Culture-of-Poverty Research on Poverty, Meaning, and Behavior | en_US |
dc.type | Article/Review | en_US |
dc.description.version | AM | en_US |
refterms.dateFOA | 2022-07-07T14:12:56Z | |
dc.description.institution | SUNY Oneonta | en_US |
dc.description.department | Sociology | en_US |
dc.description.degreelevel | N/A | en_US |