Poor People Population

A Poor People Population is a demographic population composed of poor persons.

• Context:
  • It can be used to measure a Poverty Rate.
  • It can range from being an Absolute Poverty Population to being a Relative Poverty Population.
  • It can range from being an Extreme Poverty Population to being a Non-Extreme Poverty Population.
  • It can be associated with weak Political Power.
  • It can range from being Systemic Working Poor (for working poor) to being Systemic Non-Working Poor.
  • It can be correlated with a Unhoused Population.
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• Example(s):
  • Global Poor Population.
  • American Poverty/USA's Poor Population,
  • Canadian Poverty.
  • Swedish Poverty.
  • Japanese Poverty.
  • Chinese Poverty/ Chinas's Poor Population,
  • Senegalese Poverty.
  • Germany's Poor Population.
  • India's Poor Population.
  • a Working Poor Population.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Rich Person Population, or a Middle-Class Population.
  • a Homeless Population (of homeless persons).
• See: Short-Term Poverty, Poor Household, Working Poor, Political Power, Homelessness.

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References

• http://ourworldindata.org/data/growth-and-distribution-of-prosperity/world-poverty/

2016

• https://www.tolerance.org/classroom-resources/tolerance-lessons/issues-of-poverty
  • QUOTE: ... “Lessons in Poverty” is comprised of four lessons with two overarching goals. First, the lessons aim to help students understand that poverty is systemic, rooted in economics, politics and discrimination. Second, the lessons provide evidence to show that poverty, far from being random, disproportionately affects Americans who have traditionally experienced oppression — African Americans, Latinos, immigrants and children. ...

2013

• https://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-hartford/the-roots-of-poverty_b_2625943.html
  • QUOTE: ... while discrimination and lack of opportunity are certainly important factors, lack of political power (broadly defined) is a deeper, and more fundamental root cause of systemic poverty. In this context, “political power” refers to the ability to change (or maintain) some economic aspect of society. This kind of political power can be expressed via elections, lobbying, economic action (boycotts, strikes and mutual aid), and all the varied tactics of nonviolent direct action. ...

1991

• (Geremek, 1997) ⇒ Bronisław Geremek. (1991). “Poverty: a history." Oxford. ISBN:0631205292

1962

• (Harrington, 1962) ⇒ Michael Harrington. (1962). “The Other America.”

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