POVERTY

Relative Poverty as a Social Problem

Relative Poverty as a Social Problem

Introduction

Any discussion concerning mobility, and the social class would be deficient without discussing the issue of poverty. Poverty is something that is extremely hard to define in words. It could either have an economical, social, and psychological meaning. Poverty as a social issue is deeply entrenched wound which permeates each and every dimension of our society and culture. Poverty includes the sustained low levels of income for the members of the society. Along, with that it also includes the lack of access to some of the most essential services such as health care, education, lack of decision making ability, and lack of certain communal facilities which includes supply of clear water supply, sanitation, constructions of roads, and a good source of transportation for effective communication. Moreover, it is the poverty of the human spirits which allows the members of a society to believe in and share the timidity, hopelessness, apathy, and despair. Certain factors that are associated with the problem of poverty contribute towards the development of many social problems inside a society. Historically there are an extensive amount of reasons that have caused poverty the reasons includes; wars, conquests, and slavery (WEDDERBURN, 1974).

Discussion

One form of poverty that has emerged as one of the most severe social problem of the society is relative poverty. The problem of relative poverty occurs when the way of living of an individual, along with their income is far worse than that of the general standard of living inside the state, or the community in which they reside, so much so that they struggle to lead a normal life, and fail to participate in regular social, cultural, and economical activities. This problem varies from country to country depending on the states standard of ...