culture of poverty

"The problems that exist in the culture of poverty are not solved by providing jobs," he said.

The very nature of the system encourages a culture of poverty.

Several prominent writers expressed a similar "culture of poverty" argument.

They create a culture of poverty and a culture of violence.

While acknowledging the need for a social safety net, Democrats often invoked the culture of poverty argument.

We can just ignore the culture of poverty.

Macabea doesn't even possess the culture of poverty; she is simply an emptiness.

Instead of opening up places like Cobb to the black poor, "what makes sense is to replace the culture of poverty," he said.

Howe had little interest in the pathologies of a "culture of poverty."

The culture of poverty begins to lift only when slum dwellers move to better neighborhoods.

Fedmahn Kassad had grown up in a culture of poverty and sudden death.

The concept has been described by Allen as the rural counterpart of the culture of poverty.

As the businesses closed their doors, many of the buildings were left abandoned and a "culture of poverty" began to take over the entire area.

It held that a "culture of poverty and dependence" was the nation's most serious and intractable domestic problem.

Wilson rejects the idea that inner-city residents have a "culture of poverty" or damaged personalities.

This dependence is called a "culture of poverty" which is said to undermine people from finding meaningful work.

It was a culture of poverty.

The culture of poverty is a social theory that expands on the cycle of poverty.

She believed that the culture of poverty and the cycle of poverty could be overcome through education.

One of the main obstacles is to overturn the "culture of poverty" that the area has become accustomed in the past decades.

Given the controversial scholarship of culture of poverty, measuring changes in behavior or norms through role modeling is rather difficult.

This hardly indicates a "culture of poverty," which implies behavior and values signficantly different from the rest of society.

He is particularly worried that the culture of Maori people will become confused with the culture of poverty.

The overall goal of reform, as President Clinton said in a neolib moment, is to "break the culture of poverty and dependence."

Cultures of poverty usually negatively affect expectations about success; oppressive political regimes usually discourage open inquiry.