politics and the perpetuating of poverty
“Politics and the perpetuating of poverty: The Jamaican experience”.
One of the most overwhelming problems we face in Jamaica is poverty. The negative consequences of poverty have a devastating effect on all facets of society. The Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Portia Simpson-Miller has consistently maintained that she loves the poor, no wonder why the poor seems to get poorer and the rich get richer. Political institutions seem to perpetuate rather than alleviate the conditions of poverty in which many Jamaicans find themselves.
Sociology 3rd edition by Anthony Giddens stated that politics concerns the means whereby power is used to affect the scope and content of governmental activities. Politics in Jamaica takes place in a framework of a representative parliamentary democratic monarchy. In 1962 the constitution of Jamaica established a parliamentary system based on the United Kingdom model. The political system is dominated by the People’s National Party (PNP) and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). The poorest or most depressed communities are affiliated with and loyal to one political party or the next. Jamaica has a history of political tribalism or violence which usual manifest itself in depressed communities among the nation’s poor.
According to the Oxford Dictionary of Sociology poverty is a state in which resources, usually material but sometimes cultural are lacking. There are two types of poverty, relative and absolute. Relative refers to the individual or group lack of resources when compared with others of society while absolute refers to a state in which the individual lack the resources necessary for subsistence.
Poverty is a harsh reality of life, it is the state of being inferior in quality. It defined by destitution, want, penury, need and indigence. Poverty is not just lack of money, it is also about lack of hope, lack of the basic capacity to participate effectively in society, lack of opportunities and choices. Poverty breeds crime
One of the most overwhelming problems we face in Jamaica is poverty. The negative consequences of poverty have a devastating effect on all facets of society. The Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Portia Simpson-Miller has consistently maintained that she loves the poor, no wonder why the poor seems to get poorer and the rich get richer. Political institutions seem to perpetuate rather than alleviate the conditions of poverty in which many Jamaicans find themselves.
Sociology 3rd edition by Anthony Giddens stated that politics concerns the means whereby power is used to affect the scope and content of governmental activities. Politics in Jamaica takes place in a framework of a representative parliamentary democratic monarchy. In 1962 the constitution of Jamaica established a parliamentary system based on the United Kingdom model. The political system is dominated by the People’s National Party (PNP) and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). The poorest or most depressed communities are affiliated with and loyal to one political party or the next. Jamaica has a history of political tribalism or violence which usual manifest itself in depressed communities among the nation’s poor.
According to the Oxford Dictionary of Sociology poverty is a state in which resources, usually material but sometimes cultural are lacking. There are two types of poverty, relative and absolute. Relative refers to the individual or group lack of resources when compared with others of society while absolute refers to a state in which the individual lack the resources necessary for subsistence.
Poverty is a harsh reality of life, it is the state of being inferior in quality. It defined by destitution, want, penury, need and indigence. Poverty is not just lack of money, it is also about lack of hope, lack of the basic capacity to participate effectively in society, lack of opportunities and choices. Poverty breeds crime