Firstly we need to understand poverty. ... Relative poverty uses the standard of living enjoyed by or taken for granted by most people as the base line from which poverty can be measured. ... There is no official poverty line in the U.K., but where we draw the line depends on what we view as a minimum level of income and standard of living for family and individuals. ... These views are out of line with the reality of poverty whose numbers are made up of the over 65s, under 14s, ill and disabled the low paid and single parents. ... The link between poverty and ill health is clear. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Federman et al concluded three main consequences of living below the poverty line. ... The defined poverty line must relate to the overall growth in the standard of living. However as stated by Bernstein the poverty line in the USA in 2000 still reflected that of the 1950s. ... The consequences of such class inequality are multi-fold for those below the poverty line. ... Rector points out that 41% of households below the defined poverty line owned their home. ...

• Word Count: 1993
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The middle class blamed the working class for all the wrongs in society especially the poverty and the crime, and saw them as a hindrance and dirt in their perfect middle class world. ... So when he is offered a way out of poverty and a chance to move into the middle class by Higgins, he politely refuses, not wishing to leave the heart-warming, drunken and generally funnier ways and traditions of the working class. He says Undeserving poverty is my line'. ...

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America has plenty of resources and wealth to fix this inequality gap and eliminate poverty, there is still other countries doing a better job of reducing it. Holly Sklar, a policy analyst and syndicated columnist, writes in her essay, "The number of Americans in poverty is a group so large it would take the combined populations of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas, plus Arkansas, to match it. That's according to the Census Bureau's latest count of 37 million people below the poverty line. ... Inequality continues to grow and those living in poverty are suffering more now th...

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Most movies and shows about women contain a plot line where woman's life revolves around a man. ... Hooks took special offense to this stating, "I was especially disturbed by the assumption that the poor were without values [] I had been taught in a culture of poverty to be intelligent, honest, to work hard, and always to be a person of my word" (3). Her grandmother taught her to never take a job that would challenge one's dignity and her parents taught her to work hard to bring herself out of poverty. ...

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Even those below the so-called poverty line are willing to trade in their hard earned dollars (much needed for more important things of use-value) for highly regarded clothing labels in an attempt to buy their way into middle class society. ... For instance, Cynthia Nellis (2003) describes a woman who is all business on the outside, but all woman on the inside by wearing a business suit lined with lace. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

If someone were to ask me, two months ago, "What comes to my mind when I hear the words, the Middle Ages?" I would have replied with something I had seen from some movie with Heath Ledger in it. The Middle Ages began with the fall of the Roman Empire and ended with a great renaissance. The Middl...

• Word Count: 1508
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When looking through the eyes of Murdock, it is easy to see the benefits of the family, although, his outdated views can be critiqued due to the lack of consideration to other aspects under the umbrella of 'family' such as homosexuality, domestic violence and poverty. ... This however links with the Marxist conflict view that the family is nothing but a deception, encouraging the working class to fall into false-class consciousness whilst never breaking free from cheap labour and poverty, benefiting the ruling class once again. ... In my opinion, the welfare state supports the famil...

• Word Count: 2016
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• Grade Level: Graduate

Why have so many films of the "gritty realism" tradition been set in northern landscapes? There are several factors that have contributed to many films of the gritty realism tradition being set in northern landscapes. I propose a review of the evidence that Historical, Economic, Sociological, Pol...

• Word Count: 1922
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The family was also allowed to walk in the very back of the line to Duarte's graveside, which was supposed to be considered a privilege. ... In other words, it was a way for Evita to make a difference in the poverty she was in touch with every day. ...

• Word Count: 1771
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 2. INTRODUCTION 4 3. SOCIAL STRUCTURE 4 3.1. Population 4 3.2. American classes 5 3.2.1. Upper class 5 3.2.2. The upper middle-class 5 3.2.3. The lower middle class 5 3.2.4. The working class 6 3.2.5. The lower class 6 4. LANGUAGE 6 5. RELIGION 6 6. ECONOMIC ...

• Word Count: 2276
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• Grade Level: High School