To what extent does poverty exist in Britain?
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- To what extent does poverty exist in Britain?
- two types of poverty
- Absolute poverty
- Lack of the very basics needed for healthy living.
- water
- Food
- Medicine
- Clothing
- Education
- Shelter
- Lack of the very basics needed for healthy living.
- Relative poverty
- Lack of socially acceptable level of resources compared with the average for any given group or society
- Access to a computer
- Desk to do Homework
- Lack of socially acceptable level of resources compared with the average for any given group or society
- Absolute poverty
- Consequences of poverty
- Poor Health
- Lack of security
- Poor diet
- Poor, damp, overcrowded housing
- Disease caused by poor housing
- Models of poverty
- Perspective of structural model
- Only broken if resources and support systems are available to help an individual lift themselves out of poverty.
- Underclass is the product of society and only exists because certain communities have been neglected
- Poverty cycle is a trap that is beyond an individual's control
- Perspective of individual behaviour model
- Argued that this group is increasingly isolating itself from the normal values of society
- Self-constructed and can only be removed by those in poverty themselves
- Poverty cycle is a result of lifestyle choices
- Perspective of structural model
- two types of poverty
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