Abstract
This article examines how anti-poverty policy has considered the role of culture and how it ought to do so. While some have explained poverty as a function of the presumed cultural deficiency or distinctiveness of the poor, we suggest that these explanations have not been convincing and that policy requires a broader and more sophisticated understanding of the relationship between culture and behaviour. In fact, we suggest that cultural differences may be positively employed in comprehensive anti-poverty strategies.
MeSH terms
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Cultural Characteristics / history
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Cultural Diversity*
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Government Programs* / economics
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Government Programs* / education
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Government Programs* / history
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Government Programs* / legislation & jurisprudence
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History, 20th Century
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History, 21st Century
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Humans
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Population Groups* / education
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Population Groups* / ethnology
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Population Groups* / history
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Population Groups* / legislation & jurisprudence
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Population Groups* / psychology
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Poverty* / economics
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Poverty* / ethnology
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Poverty* / history
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Poverty* / legislation & jurisprudence
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Poverty* / psychology
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Public Policy / economics
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Public Policy / history
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Public Policy / legislation & jurisprudence
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Social Behavior / history
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Social Change / history
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Social Class / history
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Social Justice* / economics
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Social Justice* / education
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Social Justice* / history
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Social Justice* / legislation & jurisprudence
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Social Justice* / psychology
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Socioeconomic Factors* / history