Description How Low-Income people cope with the emotional dimensions of poverty Could a lack of close, meaningful Social Ties be a public--rather than just a private--problem? In Social Poverty, Sarah Halpern-Meekin provides a much-needed window into the nature of Social Ties among low-income, unmarried parents, highlighting their often-ignored forms of hardship.
Engaging and compassionate, Social Poverty highlights a new direction for policy and poverty research that can enrich our understanding of disadvantaged families around the country..
Through a careful and nuanced analysis of the strengths and limitations of relationship classes, she shines a light on the fundamental place of core socioemotional needs in our lives.
However, Halpern-Meekin introduces the important new concept of "Social poverty," identifying it not just as a derivative of economic poverty, but as its own condition, which also perpetuates poverty.
Poverty scholars typically focus on the economic use value of Social ties--for example, how relationships enable access to job leads, informal loans, or a spare bedroom.
Drawing on in-depth interviews with thirty-one couples, collected during their participation in a government-sponsored relationship education program called Family Expectations, she brings unprecedented attention to the relational and emotional dimensions of socioeconomic disadvantage.
Description How Low-Income people cope with the emotional dimensions of poverty Could a lack of close, meaningful Social Ties be a public--rather than just a private--problem? In Social Poverty, Sarah Halpern-Meekin provides a much-needed window into the nature of Social Ties among low-income, unmarried parents, highlighting their often-ignored forms of hardship
