Money-Related Meanings and Practices in Low-Income and Poor Families
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2322800 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mary E Daly (0000-0003-0278-3232, University of Oxford), Mary Daly (0000-0003-0129-0989, University of Oxford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 450-465 |
| Publication date | 2017-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0038038515616355 |
| OpenAlex | W2342042672 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 18 |
This article focuses on the meanings and repertoires of action associated with money in low-income and poverty circumstances. Based on interviews with 51 people, the analysis reveals how people on a low income actively engage with money as a way of situating themselves in their complex worlds. Money is investigated at two levels: praxis and orientation regarding spending, and as part of self-identity. In regard to spending, people displayed two main repertoires: one was functional (viewing money as a way of meeting material need) and the second relational (with money interpreted in regard to relationships and upholding of personal and familial values). These repertoires in turn link into self-understanding and world view. For people in poverty and low income, money can be a disabler, detracting from a valued identity and sense of future but a counter, more positive, orientation normalises lack of money, by reference to skills and character development and core values and relationships. The research as a whole underlines the complexity of money in low-income or poverty settings, the agency and creativity which people bring to its use and the diverse meanings they invest it with
Action (physics) · Aesthetics · Agency (philosophy) · Economic growth · Economics · Identity (music) · Poverty · Social science · Sociology · Structure and agency · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |