Four Experiencing poverty: the voices of poverty and disadvantage
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Peter Saunders
Abstract
This chapter describes the research that forms the basis of the empirical material presented in later chapters. It notes that the Left Out and Missing Out Project was built on a unique partnership between researchers, policy analysts, and practitioners that developed a set of indicators of disadvantage which reflect and embody the insights of those experiencing poverty. It specifies that the project facilitated the collection of the data required to produce these indicators in a way that draws on the views of low-income Australians who are forced to rely on the support and assistance provided by community sector (welfare) agencies. It describes key features of the project and some of the background data produced from the Community Understanding of Poverty and Social Exclusion (CUPSE) Survey (originally conducted in 2006).
Abstract
This chapter describes the research that forms the basis of the empirical material presented in later chapters. It notes that the Left Out and Missing Out Project was built on a unique partnership between researchers, policy analysts, and practitioners that developed a set of indicators of disadvantage which reflect and embody the insights of those experiencing poverty. It specifies that the project facilitated the collection of the data required to produce these indicators in a way that draws on the views of low-income Australians who are forced to rely on the support and assistance provided by community sector (welfare) agencies. It describes key features of the project and some of the background data produced from the Community Understanding of Poverty and Social Exclusion (CUPSE) Survey (originally conducted in 2006).
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables and figures vii
- Acknowledgments xi
- List of abbreviations xiii
- Introduction and overview 1
- Income poverty 17
- Beyond low income: economic resources, financial hardship and poverty 43
- Experiencing poverty: the voices of poverty and disadvantage 65
- Identifying the essentials of life 83
- Measuring deprivation 115
- A new poverty measure 153
- Defining social exclusion and the social inclusion agenda 179
- Identifying social exclusion 211
- Conclusions and implications 237
- References 253
- Index 271
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables and figures vii
- Acknowledgments xi
- List of abbreviations xiii
- Introduction and overview 1
- Income poverty 17
- Beyond low income: economic resources, financial hardship and poverty 43
- Experiencing poverty: the voices of poverty and disadvantage 65
- Identifying the essentials of life 83
- Measuring deprivation 115
- A new poverty measure 153
- Defining social exclusion and the social inclusion agenda 179
- Identifying social exclusion 211
- Conclusions and implications 237
- References 253
- Index 271
