Child poverty in Germany
Trends and persistence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20054474 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christian Schluter (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Pages | 154-173 |
| Publication date | 2001-07-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Dynamics of Child Poverty in Industrialised Countries (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/cbo9780511522147.006 |
| OpenAlex | W2784272667 |
| ISBN | 9780511522147 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Poverty in Germany is no longer seen by many to affect only a small group of persons on the margin of society. Widespread public concern is reflected in front-page newspaper reports about worsening social indicators and the high incidence of social assistance receipt. These are complemented by descriptions of German society which use concepts such as ‘new poverty’ and a ‘two thirds, one thirds society’ of haves and have-nots – themes which have re-emerged from the sociological literature of the 1980s. At the same time this concern about poverty is not equally shared amongst Germans: a frequently encountered response is one of denial or apathy. Indeed, the former Conservative minister for the family (Frau C. Nolte) has stated that recipients of means-tested social assistance cannot be regarded as being poor – so poverty must be all but absent in Germany
Basic needs · Culture of poverty · Denial · Development economics · Economics · German · Newspaper · Political science · Poverty · Receipt · Sociology · Economic and Social Issues · History · Law · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Sociology and Education Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |