Essays about: "Intergenerational Poverty"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 12 essays containing the words Intergenerational Poverty.

1. 6. Growing into poverty? Social Mobility and Child Poverty in Welfare States

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Lotta Herz; [2015]
   Keywords : social mobility; child poverty; social policy; welfare regimes; decommodification.; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Intergenerational social mobility represents the ability of individuals to reach their full potential, regardless of the circumstances of their birth. But what factors influence the social mobility in a society? This study takes a comprehensive look at the role of child poverty. READ MORE

3. 7. Brazil Bolsa Familia Program: Analysing The Impact of The Conditionalities on School Enrolment, Health and Child Labor

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Chiedozie Franklin Otuonye; [2015]
   Keywords : Human capital; Inequality; Bolsa Familia Program; Poverty; Education; Children; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Abstract With high poverty and inequality rate, the Government in Brazil have adopted several social assistance programs and strategies in the fight against the ever growing rate of poverty and inequality within it’s population since the 1990s. In recent years, the Bolsa Familia Program have been a major social assistance program in Brazil, and the program have affected more than 13 million poor households in their everyday life. READ MORE

4. 8. 'The Apple Must Fall Far From the Tree'. A Case Study of an Educational School Intervention in Lyari: An Urban Slum in Pakistan.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Uzma Osman Bucha; [2014]
   Keywords : inertiatic institutions; bridging social capital; intergenerational contract; patron-client relationships; broker; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Partly attributed to the distinguishing effects of poverty on education and effects of education on poverty, the poverty and education nexus is complex. Since poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon deprivation in education, especially in urban slums, is not caused by one factor alone, but is rather stitched to various other related factors such as family structure, a high conflict neighbourhood and quality of school. READ MORE

5. 9. Violent Relations: An Ecological Analysis of Factors Associated with Intimate Partner Violence in Kampala, Uganda

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Isabella Thafvelin; [2014]
   Keywords : Violence against women; intimate partner violence; male perpetrators; feminist perspectives; family violence perspectives; and integrative ecological framework; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The purpose of this qualitative case study was to add to the understanding of why intimate partner violence against women perpetrated by a male partner occurs in Kampala, Uganda. The study combined a feminist and a family violence perspective by using an integrative ecological framework which structured the analysis around four levels: societal, community, individual/relationship, and individual level. READ MORE

6. 10. Conditional Cash Transfers in the African Context: An Explorative Study on the Impacts of CCTs in Burkina Faso

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Anna Helena Malmi; [2012]
   Keywords : gender division of labor; poverty; conditional cash transfers; social policies; women’s empowerment; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The proliferation of poverty and global inequality between and within the countries has resulted in an emerging consensus among the actors in the field of international development on the importance of social policies in the process of development. One type of social policy measures employed to tackle poverty is Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT). READ MORE