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ANALIZA REPREZENTĂRII SOCIALE A CERSETORULUI ÎN ROMÂNIA, ÎN FUNCTIE DE GEN SI VÂRSTĂ
Analising the beggar's representation in Romania

Author(s): Carina Herbei, Monica Albu, Carmen Vasar
Subject(s): Applied Sociology, Social differentiation
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: social representation; beggar

Summary/Abstract: Through this research we aimed to identify the similarities and differences between men and women, and between two groups of age (19–35 years and 36–65 years) in terms of the social representation of the beggar, in Romania. We used four samples of participants, formed depending on gender and age: 26 men aged between 19 and 35 years, 31 women aged between 19 and 35 years, 30 men aged between 36 and 65 years and 31 women aged between 36 and 65 years. We established that, for all the samples, the content of the social representation of the beggar is the same, beeing built-up by nine terms: poor; compassion; lazy; dirty; with disabilities, ill; person who pretends; homeless; exploited (put by others to beg), and gipsy. The central node of the social representation, in all the samples, is the term poor. However, the structure of the social representation differs between the samples.

  • Issue Year: XIII/2015
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 105-124
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Romanian