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Accounting for Poverty: From Attribution to Discourse
Author(s) -
HARPER DAVID J.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of community and applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.042
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1099-1298
pISSN - 1052-9284
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1298(199610)6:4<249::aid-casp369>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - presupposition , poverty , attribution , criticism , sociology , work (physics) , social psychology , epistemology , psychology , positive economics , political science , economics , philosophy , law , mechanical engineering , engineering
In this article it is argued that the attributional literature concerning explanations of poverty is inadequate due to its theoretical presuppositions. It is proposed that a discursive approach is better able to withstand criticism and contribute to a more adequate understanding of poverty accounts. Some examples are given of how a discursive approach might work in practice.