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Social Poverty - Low-Income Parents and the Struggle for Family and Community Ties (Hardcover)
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Social Poverty - Low-Income Parents and the Struggle for Family and Community Ties (Hardcover)
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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. 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. 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.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. 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. 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.
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