Getting to Know the Poor

32 Pages Posted: 8 Sep 2011

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Ezra Rosser

American University - Washington College of Law

Date Written: 2011

Abstract

This essay explores how we get to know the poor, focusing on the poor voices literature of academics and international institutions. I first examine the challenge of avoiding tokenism while still providing context in portrayals of the poor. The essay then highlights the distance between the poor and the non-poor, showing how this separation, when coupled with negative stereotypes regarding the poor, can negatively impact policy.

Keywords: Poverty, Voices of the Poor, Welfare, Class, Segregation

Suggested Citation

Rosser, Ezra, Getting to Know the Poor (2011). Yale Human Rights & Development Law Journal, Vol. 14, p. 66, 2011, American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2011-25, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1923923

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