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Poverty, Work and Social Networks: The Role of Social Capital for Aboriginal People in Urban Australian Locales

Lahn, Julie

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In this article, I present the key findings from a project entitled "The Social Context of Indigenous Poverty". The research involved a series of interviews with Aboriginal people in urban SE Australia on issues of poverty, social capital and social exclusion. In the article I draw together Aboriginal perspectives on the meaning of poverty to reflect on the relevance of social capital concepts for understanding Aboriginal economic disadvantage and hence, the merits of policy framed in these...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorLahn, Julie
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T23:22:41Z
dc.identifier.issn0811-1146
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/66618
dc.description.abstractIn this article, I present the key findings from a project entitled "The Social Context of Indigenous Poverty". The research involved a series of interviews with Aboriginal people in urban SE Australia on issues of poverty, social capital and social exclusion. In the article I draw together Aboriginal perspectives on the meaning of poverty to reflect on the relevance of social capital concepts for understanding Aboriginal economic disadvantage and hence, the merits of policy framed in these terms.
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.publisherRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group
dc.sourceUrban Policy and Research
dc.subjectKeywords: Aboriginal Australia; poverty; social capital; social policy
dc.titlePoverty, Work and Social Networks: The Role of Social Capital for Aboriginal People in Urban Australian Locales
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume30
dc.date.issued2012
local.identifier.absfor140219 - Welfare Economics
local.identifier.absfor160501 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy
local.identifier.absfor160104 - Social and Cultural Anthropology
local.identifier.ariespublicationf5625xPUB1315
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationLahn, Julie, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.issue3
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage293
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage308
local.identifier.doi10.1080/08111146.2012.673483
local.identifier.absseo940108 - Distribution of Income and Wealth
local.identifier.absseo940102 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Development and Welfare
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T08:44:50Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84866001364
local.identifier.thomsonID000308243100005
CollectionsANU Research Publications

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