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Toward an Economic Sociology of Chronic Poverty: Enhancing the Rigor and Relevance of Social Theory

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This paper focuses on both expanding and refining the analytical scope of the “social†(or non-economic) aspects of chronic poverty, and thereby, to enhance efforts to respond more effectively to it. The argument in this paper proceeds as follows. In recognizing that poverty is “multi-dimensional†, today’s dominant policy discourses have actually made important, if often under-appreciated, steps to incorporate insights from social and political theory, but that these (hard-won) gains now need to be consolidated, advanced and sharpened. [CPRC Working Paper 104].

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  • Michael Woolcock, 2008. "Toward an Economic Sociology of Chronic Poverty: Enhancing the Rigor and Relevance of Social Theory," Working Papers id:1354, eSocialSciences.
    • Handle: RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:1354
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