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Kultura siromaštva i obrazovanje
Poverty Culture and Education

Author(s): Dragan Koković
Subject(s): Education, Social Philosophy, Culture and social structure , Social development, Family and social welfare, Sociology of Culture, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Banjoj Luci
Keywords: poverty; poverty culture; education; indemnified education; cultural deprivation;

Summary/Abstract: An individual and social groups do not have to be only affected by poverty in economic way, but in a cultural way as well. There is an expression “poverty culture”, which leads to the development of the theory of cultural deprivation. The use of the term poverty culture implies that behavioral patterns of the poor are adopted through education; adopted behavioral patterns are resistant to changes – and, as it is known, education of people, among other, should imply accepting changes. The inveteracy of the poverty culture implies living your own life, which is secluded from identified and dominant life of the ruling culture. Enforcement of poverty and social-economic conditioning influence the tendencies for specific behavioral patterns.

  • Issue Year: 2/2012
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 35-45
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Serbian