Wealth, Poverty and Welfare

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  • Created by: Kari
  • Created on: 07-05-13 17:43
-------- poverty: lacking the minimum requirements necessary to maintain health
Absolute
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-------- poverty: poverty in relation to a generally accepted standard of living in a specific society
Relative
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---------- poverty: the perception by the individual as to whether he or she lives in poverty, or has what is necessary for a decent life
Subjective
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---------- poverty: lack of necessities through choice (not lack of income and resources)
Consensual
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----------- tax: payable when people give wealth before or after death; intended to limit inheritance of vast quantities between generations
Inheritance
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The name of Le Grand's theory (1982) which says those whose need is greatest get the least spent on them, and those whose need is least get the most spent on them
Inverse Care Law
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Benefits provided for everyone
Universal
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Name of the approach that the labour government took in 1945
Social democratic
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Name of the approach that the conservative government took in 1979
New Right
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Name of the approach that the new labour government took in 1997
Third way
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Marsland (1989) claims that universal benefits create a ---------- culture
dependency
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The name of the group that Murray (1989) suggests the poor form who are anti-social due to relying on benefits and who Field (1989) suggests are forced to rely on benefits due to the inadequacy of the welfare state
Underclass
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Coates and Silburn (1970) found that poverty can lead to other forms of deprivation i.e. the ----- of deprivation
cycle
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-------------- i.e. Gans (1973) and Davis and Moore (1945) argue that poverty helps to maintain and stabilise society
Functionalists
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The situation where people are separated from participation in education, work, community life etc and are not seen as a full, participating member of society
Social exclusion
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Card 2

Front

-------- poverty: poverty in relation to a generally accepted standard of living in a specific society

Back

Relative

Card 3

Front

---------- poverty: the perception by the individual as to whether he or she lives in poverty, or has what is necessary for a decent life

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

---------- poverty: lack of necessities through choice (not lack of income and resources)

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

----------- tax: payable when people give wealth before or after death; intended to limit inheritance of vast quantities between generations

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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