Lamont Michèle, Small Mario Luis
Harvard University.
Int Soc Sci J. 2010;61(199):169-80. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2451.2010.01754.x.
This article examines how anti-poverty policy has considered the role of culture and how it ought to do so. While some have explained poverty as a function of the presumed cultural deficiency or distinctiveness of the poor, we suggest that these explanations have not been convincing and that policy requires a broader and more sophisticated understanding of the relationship between culture and behaviour. In fact, we suggest that cultural differences may be positively employed in comprehensive anti-poverty strategies.
本文探讨了反贫困政策如何看待文化的作用以及应如何看待文化的作用。虽然有些人将贫困解释为穷人假定的文化缺陷或独特性的一种表现，但我们认为这些解释并不令人信服，政策需要对文化与行为之间的关系有更广泛、更深入的理解。事实上，我们认为文化差异可以被积极地应用于全面的反贫困战略中。
