Janet M Fitchen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3743804 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janet M Fitchen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janet M |
| FAMILY NAME | Fitchen |
| SIGNATURE | FITCHEN J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ithaca College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 133 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
“The Single-Parent Family,” Child Poverty, and Welfare Reform
Although more than one-fifth of America's children are living in poverty, current public and political dialogue is not focusing on underlying causes of poverty, but on reforming welfare system and reducing welfare costs. In this context, the single-parent family has been identified as problem and target of reform. Fieldwork among low-income families in upstate New York provides data that challenge politically popular paradigm of the single-parent…
Spatial Redistribution of Poverty through Migration of Poor People to Depressed Rural Communities1
Recent demographic studies document movement of poor people from both urban and rural places to depressed rural communities. Such migration redistributes poverty to rural areas and further concentrates it within them. This article presents a case study of one depressed community in New York that became a migration destination for urban poor people, causing dramatic increases in poverty rate, welfare rolls, and service needs. On-site research show…
Welfare Reform for Rural America
For twenty-five years, my research on poverty in the rural U. S. has been guided by a conviction that anthropological insights should/could be useful for the amelioration of poverty and in creating more effective policies and programs. I began with very localized, long-term ethnographic research, combined with community action, in pockets of poverty in upstate New York. More recently, I have substituted geographic breadth for ethnographic depth, …
Suggestions for Consideration by the Welfare Reform Working Group
Deteriorating poverty and the need for an improved welfare system are not just urban issues, but have a significant rural dimension as well. 1. Rural poverty, while less noticed than inner-city poverty, is a persistent and growing problem that should not be overlooked in current efforts at welfare reform. 2. Since rural poverty is different from inner-city poverty, new welfare policy and programs must include specifically designed versions approp…
Residential Mobility Among the Rural Poor1
This article explores frequent, short-distance residential movement, an underrecognized and little studied aspect of rural poverty. In recent field research in high-poverty communities of upstate New York, residential movement was studied through institutional records and staff interviews as well as unstructured interviews and residential histories in low-income families. Overall, residential mobility is driven by the shortfall between household …
Endangered Spaces, Enduring Places
On the Edge of Homelessness
Homelessness in rural America is a problem hardly recognized, little understood, and only minimally studied by rural sociologists. This article, based on long-term field research in upstate New York, sets the problem of rural homelessness in context, explains the increase in rural poverty that puts more people at risk of homelessness, and examines some trends in rural housing that reduce the ability of poorer residents to secure adequate shelter.…
When Toxic Chemicals Pollute Residential Environments
Perceptions of environmental pollution are affected by attitudes about the particular environment being polluted. When toxic chemicals invade residential environments, Americans perceive multiple threats. Besides possible health risks and financial losses, such pollution represents an attack on the important cultural institutions of home and homeownership. Research in several communities where toxics have affected household drinking water illumin…
Anthropology and Environmental Problems in the U.S
Chemical contamination of groundwater has become increasingly prevalent in the U.S. Once thought to be safe from pollution, the underground aquifers that supply drinking water to about half of the U.S. population are now known to be vulnerable to contamination from leaking landfills, waste lagoons, underground storage tanks, improper use of agricultural chemicals, and various industrial operations. Manufactured chemical compounds, including indus…
Hunger, malnutrition, and poverty in the contemporary United States
(1987). Hunger, malnutrition, and poverty in the contemporary United States: Some observations on their social and cultural context. Food and Foodways: Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 309-333
Cultural Aspects of Environmental Problems
The Academic Community and the Image of Limited Good
Anthropological analysis of the contemporary U.S.A. should move beyond describing observed behavior to probing underlying cultural assumptions. But it is particularly difficult for anthropologists enculturated within the U.S. to confront their own cultural premises and blindspots. One useful strategy is to analyze American behavioral data in terms of models developed by anthropologists for describing other cultures. This article takes an irrevere…
Poverty in rural America
Residential Mobility Among the Rural Poor1
This article explores frequent, short-distance residential movement, an underrecognized and little studied aspect of rural poverty. In recent field research in high-poverty communities of upstate New York, residential movement was studied through institutional records and staff interviews as well as unstructured interviews and residential histories in low-income families. Overall, residential mobility is driven by the shortfall between household …
Spatial Redistribution of Poverty through Migration of Poor People to Depressed Rural Communities1
Recent demographic studies document movement of poor people from both urban and rural places to depressed rural communities. Such migration redistributes poverty to rural areas and further concentrates it within them. This article presents a case study of one depressed community in New York that became a migration destination for urban poor people, causing dramatic increases in poverty rate, welfare rolls, and service needs. On-site research show…
On the Edge of Homelessness
Homelessness in rural America is a problem hardly recognized, little understood, and only minimally studied by rural sociologists. This article, based on long-term field research in upstate New York, sets the problem of rural homelessness in context, explains the increase in rural poverty that puts more people at risk of homelessness, and examines some trends in rural housing that reduce the ability of poorer residents to secure adequate shelter.…
Hunger, malnutrition, and poverty in the contemporary United States
(1987). Hunger, malnutrition, and poverty in the contemporary United States: Some observations on their social and cultural context. Food and Foodways: Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 309-333
When Toxic Chemicals Pollute Residential Environments
Perceptions of environmental pollution are affected by attitudes about the particular environment being polluted. When toxic chemicals invade residential environments, Americans perceive multiple threats. Besides possible health risks and financial losses, such pollution represents an attack on the important cultural institutions of home and homeownership. Research in several communities where toxics have affected household drinking water illumin…
Cultural Aspects of Environmental Problems
Poverty in rural America
The Academic Community and the Image of Limited Good
Anthropological analysis of the contemporary U.S.A. should move beyond describing observed behavior to probing underlying cultural assumptions. But it is particularly difficult for anthropologists enculturated within the U.S. to confront their own cultural premises and blindspots. One useful strategy is to analyze American behavioral data in terms of models developed by anthropologists for describing other cultures. This article takes an irrevere…
Hunger, malnutrition, and poverty in the contemporary United States
(1987). Hunger, malnutrition, and poverty in the contemporary United States: Some observations on their social and cultural context. Food and Foodways: Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 309-333
Cultural Aspects of Environmental Problems
Anthropology and Environmental Problems in the U.S
Chemical contamination of groundwater has become increasingly prevalent in the U.S. Once thought to be safe from pollution, the underground aquifers that supply drinking water to about half of the U.S. population are now known to be vulnerable to contamination from leaking landfills, waste lagoons, underground storage tanks, improper use of agricultural chemicals, and various industrial operations. Manufactured chemical compounds, including indus…
When Toxic Chemicals Pollute Residential Environments
Perceptions of environmental pollution are affected by attitudes about the particular environment being polluted. When toxic chemicals invade residential environments, Americans perceive multiple threats. Besides possible health risks and financial losses, such pollution represents an attack on the important cultural institutions of home and homeownership. Research in several communities where toxics have affected household drinking water illumin…
Endangered Spaces, Enduring Places
On the Edge of Homelessness
Homelessness in rural America is a problem hardly recognized, little understood, and only minimally studied by rural sociologists. This article, based on long-term field research in upstate New York, sets the problem of rural homelessness in context, explains the increase in rural poverty that puts more people at risk of homelessness, and examines some trends in rural housing that reduce the ability of poorer residents to secure adequate shelter.…
Welfare Reform for Rural America
For twenty-five years, my research on poverty in the rural U. S. has been guided by a conviction that anthropological insights should/could be useful for the amelioration of poverty and in creating more effective policies and programs. I began with very localized, long-term ethnographic research, combined with community action, in pockets of poverty in upstate New York. More recently, I have substituted geographic breadth for ethnographic depth, …
Suggestions for Consideration by the Welfare Reform Working Group
Deteriorating poverty and the need for an improved welfare system are not just urban issues, but have a significant rural dimension as well. 1. Rural poverty, while less noticed than inner-city poverty, is a persistent and growing problem that should not be overlooked in current efforts at welfare reform. 2. Since rural poverty is different from inner-city poverty, new welfare policy and programs must include specifically designed versions approp…
Residential Mobility Among the Rural Poor1
This article explores frequent, short-distance residential movement, an underrecognized and little studied aspect of rural poverty. In recent field research in high-poverty communities of upstate New York, residential movement was studied through institutional records and staff interviews as well as unstructured interviews and residential histories in low-income families. Overall, residential mobility is driven by the shortfall between household …
“The Single-Parent Family,” Child Poverty, and Welfare Reform
Although more than one-fifth of America's children are living in poverty, current public and political dialogue is not focusing on underlying causes of poverty, but on reforming welfare system and reducing welfare costs. In this context, the single-parent family has been identified as problem and target of reform. Fieldwork among low-income families in upstate New York provides data that challenge politically popular paradigm of the single-parent…
Spatial Redistribution of Poverty through Migration of Poor People to Depressed Rural Communities1
Recent demographic studies document movement of poor people from both urban and rural places to depressed rural communities. Such migration redistributes poverty to rural areas and further concentrates it within them. This article presents a case study of one depressed community in New York that became a migration destination for urban poor people, causing dramatic increases in poverty rate, welfare rolls, and service needs. On-site research show…
Sociology (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Poverty (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Rural area (5 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (5 works) · Development economics (4 works) · Welfare (4 works)