Social In/Equality

Cox, E

Social In/Equality

Cox, E

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Publisher:: Centre for Research on Social Inclusion, Macquarie University
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: CRSI 2003 Proceedings, 2003, pp. 1 - 14
Issue Date:: 2003-01

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dc.contributor.author	Cox, E	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	-	en_US
dc.date	2003-11-12	en_US
dc.date.issued	2003-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	CRSI 2003 Proceedings, 2003, pp. 1 - 14	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	1-74138-0464	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/11499
dc.description.abstract	The paper below explores the possibility that perceptions of unfairness may be much more powerful than measured material poverty as a driver of social cohesion or fragmentation. Much of the debate in this area focuses on the material differences between groups rather than their perceptions of their situations. Economists and politicians deny the importance of perceptions, often demanding that people should compare their present situation and how it has improved relative to five years ago and fail to understand why people worry about gaps they see between their situation and the people at the top. Similarly many poverty advocates focus on small changes at the edges to income support, which may ease financial spending issues but do not tackle entrenched perceptions of disadvantages. These may include being an outsider, a sense of powerlessness and the lack of agency that comes from perceptions of inequality.	en_US
dc.publisher	Centre for Research on Social Inclusion, Macquarie University	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	CRSI 2003 Proceedings	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Social Inequality Today	en_US
dc.title	Social In/Equality	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	online	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Sydney, Australia	en_US
utslib.for	160810 Urban Sociology and Community Studies	en_US
dc.location.activity	Sydney, Australia	en_US
dc.location.activity	New Orleans, LA
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Provost
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Provost/Jumbunna
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - SIC - Strengthening Indigenous Communities
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Abstract:

The paper below explores the possibility that perceptions of unfairness may be much more powerful than measured material poverty as a driver of social cohesion or fragmentation. Much of the debate in this area focuses on the material differences between groups rather than their perceptions of their situations. Economists and politicians deny the importance of perceptions, often demanding that people should compare their present situation and how it has improved relative to five years ago and fail to understand why people worry about gaps they see between their situation and the people at the top. Similarly many poverty advocates focus on small changes at the edges to income support, which may ease financial spending issues but do not tackle entrenched perceptions of disadvantages. These may include being an outsider, a sense of powerlessness and the lack of agency that comes from perceptions of inequality.

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