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The Political Arithmetic of Poverty
Author(s) -
Mansfield Malcolm
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
social policy and administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1467-9515
pISSN - 0144-5596
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9515.1986.tb00246.x
Subject(s) - townsend , poverty , relative deprivation , subject (documents) , politics , index (typography) , construct (python library) , measuring poverty , positive economics , development economics , economics , political science , sociology , social science , economic growth , computer science , law , physics , quantum mechanics , library science , world wide web , programming language
The article continues the examination of the slippery concept of poverty and in particular the precise definition of “relative deprivation”. Townsend's attempts to bring up to date the measurement of poverty are subject to renewed critical analysis. Attempts to construct a deprivation index are regarded sceptically and the statistical measurement of poverty and of deprivation are shown to be unsatisfactory and unconvincing.