Exploring poverty traps and social exclusion in South Africa using qualitative and quantitative data

Recent theoretical work hypothesises that a polarised society like South Africa will suffer a legacy of ineffective social capital and blocked pathways of upward mobility that leaves large numbers of people trapped in poverty. To explore these ideas, this paper employs a mix of quantitative and qual...

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Autores principales: Adato, Michelle, Carter, Michael R., May, Julian
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Informa UK Limited 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/172058
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Sumario:Recent theoretical work hypothesises that a polarised society like South Africa will suffer a legacy of ineffective social capital and blocked pathways of upward mobility that leaves large numbers of people trapped in poverty. To explore these ideas, this paper employs a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods.