5. intergenerational poverty and life cycle issues
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This the 5th Lecture delivered under the course - Poverty and Environment taught at the Department of Environmental Management, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka
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5. intergenerational poverty and life cycle issues
- 1. P.B. Dharmasena 0777 613234, 0717 613234 dharmasenapb@ymail.com , dharmasenapb@gmail.com https://independent.academia.edu/PunchiBandageDharmasena https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Punchi_Bandage_Dharmasena/contributions http://www.slideshare.net/DharmasenaPb Poverty and Environment Course code: ECON/EMGT 4214 Friday from 8.30-11.30 a.m Lesson 5 – Intergenerational Poverty and Life Cycle Issues P.B. Dharmasena 0777 613234, 0717 613234 dharmasenapb@ymail.com , dharmasenapb@gmail.com https://independent.academia.edu/PunchiBandageDharmasena https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Punchi_Bandage_Dharmasena/contributions http://www.slideshare.net/DharmasenaPb
- 2. Intergenerational poverty and life cycle issues P.B. Dharmasena 0777 - 613234, 0717 - 613234 dharmasenapb@ymail.com , dharmasenapb@gmail.com https://independent.academia.edu/PunchiBandageDharmasena https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Punchi_Bandage_Dharmasena/contributions
- 3. Sociology of intergenerational poverty It can occur on • Individuals • Families • Communities • Poverty pockets in Sri Lanka
- 4. Features of intergenerational poverty • Larger families • Poor houses • Congestion (over- crowding) • Poor infrastructure: roads, schools, health services • Poor health: TB, CKDu, Cancer • Association with crime and deviance • Stigmatizing labels, e.g. koriyawa, colony,
- 5. Theoretical Issues • Culture of poverty • Social exclusion • Capability deprivation
- 6. Communities with poverty concentrations • Urban slums • Urban shanty (temporary huts) communities • Village Expansion colonies • Low caste communities • Estate communities • IDP communities
- 7. Urban slums • Congestion • Poor housing • Neglected old buildings • Ethnic minority overrepresentations • Crime and violence (underworld)
- 8. Mahaiyawa
- 9. Urban shanty communities • River and canal banks, near rail tracks and low-lying areas • Subject to floods • Poor housing • Unauthorized constructions • No addresses • Family breakdown • Early marriage
- 11. Village Expansion Colonies • Established by government under LDO of 1935 on crown land or acquired land to house the rural poor • Poor and congested housing • Poor road access • Poor infrastructure
- 12. Low caste communities • Low social status and marginalization • Social exclusion • Landlessness • Poor and congested housing • Mostly wage labour • Decline of craft (handicrafts)occupations • Low education
- 13. Estate Communities • Line rooms • Ethnic minority • Wage labour • Lack of Identity documents • Low education • Poor sanitation and poor health • Lack of alternative livelihoods
- 15. IDP communities • Temporary housing • Minority status • Loss or disappearance of family members • Female-headed households • Loss of assets during the war • Lack of livelihood options