Herbert J. Gans. The Uses of Poverty: The Poor Pay All. Social Policy July/August 1971: pp. 20-24. Some twenty years ago Robert K. Merton applied the notion of functional analysis to explain the continuing though maligned existence of the urban political machine: if it continued to exist‚ perhaps it fulfilled latent - unintended or unrecognized - positive functions. Clearly it did. Merton pointed out how the political machine provided central authority to get things done when a decentralized local
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Gan Eng Seng Gan was of Hokkien Chinese descent‚ born and educated in Melaka‚ and the eldest son of five in his family. His forefathers emigrated from Fujian Province‚ China to Malaya. Owing to poor circumstances‚ he probably had an elementary school education in which he learnt to read and write in simple English and keep accounts. After his father’s death‚ sixteen year old Gan was involved in the nutmeg business on a very small scale. Later‚ he was taken on as an apprentice by Messrs. Guthrie
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Gans’ Journalistic Values Herbert Gans’ journalistic values are divided into eight reoccurring principles in journalism that differentiates the variances between what is good‚ bad‚ and normal in our society. In a copy of San Francisco Chronicle that I found dated back on February10‚ 2012‚ the front page of the article featured five headlined stories that discussed various topics: Mortgage servicing for homeowners‚ preparation for America’s Cup‚ discoveries from the ocean‚ new federal rules‚ and
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úafás ar mhuintir na hÉireann agus cuireadh brú ar Rialtas na tíre dul i ngleic leis an bhfadhb. Nach bocht an scéal é gur thóg sé bas duine os comhair Dáil Éireann sular ndéanfar rud éigin faoi. Náireach‚ gan dabht! D’fhogair clann Shíomóin an eagraíocht a chuireann cabhair ar fail do dhaoine gan dídean‚ go bhfuil ardú 88% tagtha ar líon na daoine atá ina gcodladh faoin aer i mBaile Átha Cliath. Céard is cúis le seo? Luaitear cúiseanna mar bhochtannas‚ fadhb le drugaí nó alcól‚dífhostaíocht. Ar chúis
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There is a lot of positive functions poverty and the poor have on society. The existence of poverty makes sure that "dirty work" is done. “Dirty work” is classified as dangerous‚ physically dirty‚ temporary‚ undignified‚ a dead-end‚ underpaid‚ and menial jobs. In America‚ poverty functions to provide low-wage labor pools that makes people‚ willing or unwilling‚ to perform dirty work at lowest costs allowed. The poor subsidize tons of activities that benefit the wealthy. They have supported the consumption
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“The Uses of Poverty: The Poor Pay for All” * Herbert J. Gans Poverty is a persistent social phenomenon. A functional analysis (Robert Merton) of poverty may explain positive functions as to why such phenomenon continues to persist‚ as seen by Herbert J. Gans’ study‚ “The Uses of Poverty: The Poor Pay for All”‚ which expresses thirteen positive functions of poverty and further expresses its consistency with the functionalist perspective. In society‚ everything goes hand in hand‚ the rich need
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Poverty‚ which is defined as the lack of the minimum food and shelter necessary for maintaining life. More specifically‚ this condition is known as absolute poverty. Today it is estimated that more than 35 million Americans—approximately 14 percent of the population—live in poverty. Of course‚ like all other social science statistics‚ these are not without controversy. Other estimates of poverty in the United States range from 10 percent to 21 percent‚ depending on one’s political leanings. This
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Poverty is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money. Absolute poverty or destitution refers to the deprivation of basic human needs‚ which commonly includes food‚ water‚ sanitation‚ clothing‚ shelter‚ health care and education. Relative poverty is defined contextually as economic inequality in the location or society in which people live. For much of history‚ poverty was considered largely unavoidable as traditional modes of production were insufficient to give
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Poverty The first theory that we will use for Poverty is the Conflict Theory. Conflict theory is defined as‚ “a theoretical framework in which society is viewed as composed of groups that are competing for scarce resources‚”(Copyright © 2009 by James M. Henslin‚ pg G9). In other words the outside forces prevent individuals from achieving a desired goal or to live a certain way. When it comes to poverty‚ people would like to be involved in an upward mobility to have a better quality of life for
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Poverty: A state of mind‚ or the size of ones wallet In different countries and cultures‚ there is a social problem that affects a vast majority of the population. This problem‚ known as poverty‚ is a economic condition that happens when people are unable to provide basic needs for their families. All over the world‚ even in the richest of nations‚ poverty is an issue that remains in society. From a conflict theory perspective‚ poverty is put upon people and will continue to stay that way
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