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Cultural Theories
- Oscar Lewis
- Culture of poverty
- Norms and values
which stop people
escaping poverty
- Fatalism
- People are less
likely to motivate
themselves
- People are less
likely to motivate
themselves
- Fatalism
- Caused by
experiencing
factors beyond
your control
- Fatalistic attitudes
are channelled
through generations
- Norms and values
which stop people
escaping poverty
- Reasons for persistence
- Seeing children as
economic resource
- Not getting a job
- Not getting a job
- High rates of
divorce/desertion
- One income
- One income
- Seeing children as
economic resource
- Lewis had sympathy for the poor
- Culture of poverty helps
them to cope with hardships
- Culture of poverty helps
them to cope with hardships
- Culture of poverty
- New Right (Marsland)
- Overindulging
people in benefits
- People should take
responsabilty of
themselves
- People should take
responsabilty of
themselves
- Dependency
Culture
- Deserving and
Undeserving poor
- Means tested benefits
should be encouraged
- Inequality is
needed as a
deterrent
- Overindulging
people in benefits
- New Right (Murray)
- Underclass
- Elements associated: Crime,
illegitimacy, unemployment
- Elements associated: Crime,
illegitimacy, unemployment
- Solution: Force people into employment
- Underclass
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