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Can Welfare Leavers Get Out of Pover...

Dou, Tsz Rung.

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Can Welfare Leavers Get Out of Poverty? A Study of Low-income Households in Taipei.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Can Welfare Leavers Get Out of Poverty? A Study of Low-income Households in Taipei./
作者:	Dou, Tsz Rung.
面頁冊數:	499 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 76-08(E), Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International76-08B(E).
標題:	Chemical engineering. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3691978
ISBN:	9781321669657

Can Welfare Leavers Get Out of Poverty? A Study of Low-income Households in Taipei.
Dou, Tsz Rung.

Can Welfare Leavers Get Out of Poverty? A Study of Low-income Households in Taipei. - 499 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 76-08(E), Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong), 2014.

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The main question of this research came from the researcher's experience as a social assistance worker: whether the low-income households can get out of poverty after they left the social welfare system? The situation of the welfare leavers is under-researched in Taiwan. Therefore, the purposes of this thesis are, firstly, to explore the subjective interpretation of low-income households on their experience in poverty; secondly, from the perspectives of social assistance workers, to understand how they perceive poverty, the poor people and social assistance institutions; and finally, to analyze the effectiveness of social assistance institutions in helping the poor to get out of poverty.

ISBN: 9781321669657Subjects--Topical Terms:

560457
Chemical engineering.

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520 $a Based on the stance of constructivism, this research is qualitative-oriented, and the data was collected through in-depth interviews and literature analysis. By adopting thematic analysis, the analytical framework of this research consists of two dimensions: time and levels. The former suggests to the process of poverty: the point of entry, the status of continuum and the point of escaping; and the latter presents the micro, messo and macro levels of analysis. The whole process of analysis and discussions are examined mainly through the lens of social exclusion theory.
520 $a The findings of this study can be divided into three levels. At the micro level, although the low-income households have left social assistance, it did not mean that they can get out of poverty. Their living experience of poverty could be seen as a trilogy, demonstrated sequentially as the stages of being unstable, gradually become stable, and situation improved or being unstable again. They experienced of being excluded, integrated and re-excluded from the welfare system in this process. At the messo level, social workers have gradually deviated from the role of helping the poor. Instead, whether the clients are "deserving" or "undeserving" poor in workers' mind and the strategies their clients decide to adopt for their circumstances, were the main factors which contributed to future treatment and interactions with each other. In this regards, the workers can take up the role of helping the poor to integrate or excluding the poor. At the macro level, the institutional exclusion emerged at the beginning through relative's responsibility and work ethics requirements when the clients applied the assistance. During the period with assistance, the assistance exerted its integrative impact to stabilize the clients' living standard; however, it did not offer an effective solution for the clients to escape from their poverty. After the assistance ceased, the clients risked being excluded again due to lack of support or buffer to prevent themselves from the immediate economic pressure.
520 $a According to the findings, five issues are discussed in this thesis. First of all, the welfare leavers do not immediately experience the complete escape from poverty. Instead, the economic and mental independence play the key roles. There are four types of patterns in terms of getting away from poverty: 'leave but fall into poverty again', 'with strong will but not capable of leaving poverty', 'with capability but without confidence', and 'on track to leave without coming back'. Secondly, if the poor expect to get rid of poverty through the strength of their children, it highly depended on the children's capability of employment and their willingness to support their parents. Otherwise, they might end up being excluded by the labor market and the welfare system. Thirdly, besides the institutional factors at the macro level, how social workers provide services in practice at the messo level is also essential. It is found that there are four types of interactions between workers and the clients: 'full effort to support and integration 'retreat unwillingly and unwilling integration', 'to follow public opinion and unintend integration' and 'refuse boldly and exclusion'. Fourthly, the institution of social assistance is helpful for low-income households to manage their lives and social integration.
520 $a All in all, the state institution, the social workers involved, and the welfare users are all subjects with their agency. They themselves play multi-roles to integrate, exclude and anti-exclude, and these roles are not isolated but interact with each other. This research, therefore, suggests utilizing generalist perspective to further examine the cross-level effects in order to understand this subject. In long term, the three levels have to be changed simultaneously in order to help the low-income households effectively get out of poverty. (Abstract shortened by UMI.).
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