Toward a Constructive Theory for Anti‐poverty Policy

Brian J. Jones

American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 1984, vol. 43, issue 2, 247-256

Abstract: Abstract. What the “ideal”anti‐poverty policy is cannot be answered without a validated theory of income deprivation. Such a theory is not yet available from economics. And sociology cannot yet provide a verified theory of why particular people are poor. The cultural and situationist hypotheses offer no adequate explanation of poverty and hence billions spent on policies based on them produced no results. Network analysis extends the institutionalist hypothesis but remains to be validated. However, empirical studies strongly suggest (though they do not prove) that structural changes in educational or employment opportunity are more realistic than compensatory or general aid programs.

Date: 1984
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