Doing family while poor

Agentic hopelessness as lived knowledge

Bibliographic Data

ID13009581
AuthorsDana Evan Kaplan (0000-0001-6705-5004, Open University of Israel, corresponding author), Gal Levy (0000-0002-8177-3392, Open University of Israel), Helly Buzhish-Sasson (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev), Avigail Biton (Open University of Israel), Riki Kohan-Benlulu (Open University of Israel)
Year2022
Volume11
Issue2
Pages208-226
Publication date2022-04-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueFamilies Relationships and Societies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2046-7435 • E-ISSN: 2046-7443
PublisherPolicy Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1332/204674321x16474246365913
OpenAlexW4225727937
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited46

What does ‘doing family while poor’ teach us about agency, resilience and care under COVID-19? Set against a dual backdrop of increasing economic hardships and expanding inequalities, and in light of a shifting perspective in poverty and family studies, we employ David Morgan’s family practices approach to study the lived realities of family life through the perspective of everyday relationships. Our research, led by a team comprised of academics and activists who themselves endure poverty, is set to allow people experiencing poverty to document their everyday lives. In their journals we identify a form of social awareness to the politics of poverty, which consist of negative emotions emanating from one’s daily struggles against the harsh reality of inequality, yet do not lead to paralysis and inaction. We dub this state agentic hopelessness

Agency (philosophy · Everyday life · Family life · Inequality · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Psychological resilience · Sense of agency · Set (abstract data type · Social science · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender Studies · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology

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