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The concept of poverty

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  • Federica Misturelli

    (Livestock Development Group, University of Reading)

  • Claire Heffernan

    (Livestock Development Group, University of Reading)

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Poverty is often presented as an evolving concept linked to dominant development paradigms. However, changes in the meaning of specific topics comprising definitions of poverty have been largely overlooked. Therefore, the authors adopted a synchronic approach to evaluate changes contained within 159 definitions of poverty offered over a 30-year period from 1970s to 2000s. Component terms were investigated for their stability in meaning, through the application of De Saussure’s concepts of signifier and signified. The results illustrate that terms often did not share the same signifier and, therefore, were accorded different meanings. In this manner, the authors argue that poverty is a highly contested concept

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  • Federica Misturelli & Claire Heffernan, 2010. "The concept of poverty," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 10(1), pages 35-58, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:prodev:v:10:y:2010:i:1:p:35-58
    DOI: 10.1177/146499340901000103
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    1. Aidan Cox & John Healey & Paul Hoebink & Timo Voipio, 2000. "European Development Cooperation and the Poor," Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan, number 978-0-333-98317-1, December.
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    2. Sara Mota Cardoso & Aurora A. C. Teixeira, 2020. "The Focus on Poverty in the Most Influential Journals in Economics: A Bibliometric Analysis of the “Blue Ribbon” Journals," Poverty & Public Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 12(1), pages 10-42, March.
    3. Ali Madanipour & Mark Shucksmith & Hilary Talbot, 2015. "Concepts of poverty and social exclusion in Europe," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 30(7), pages 721-741, November.
    4. Sanjay K Mohanty & Golam Rasul & Bidhubhusan Mahapatra & Dhrupad Choudhury & Sabarnee Tuladhar & E. Valdemar Holmgren, 2018. "Multidimensional Poverty in Mountainous Regions: Shan and Chin in Myanmar," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 138(1), pages 23-44, July.
    5. Uno Ijim Agbor, 2016. "The State, Academia and Poverty: Towards a Schema for Effective Poverty Reduction in Nigeria," International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, vol. 6(7), pages 16-30, July.
    6. Argatu Ruxandra, 2018. "Analysis of social models in Central and Eastern Europe - A focus on poverty and social exclusion," Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence, Sciendo, vol. 12(1), pages 80-92, May.
    7. Hummera Saleem & Malik Shahzad Shabbir & Bilal Khan, 2021. "Re-examining Multidimensional Poverty in Pakistan: A New Assessment of Regional Variations," Global Business Review, International Management Institute, vol. 22(6), pages 1441-1458, December.

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