Ako je komu „sveta žiť“: poznámky k psychológii chudoby
What means „wealthy life“: comments to the psychology of poverty

Author(s): Jozef Výrost
Subject(s): Social psychology and group interaction, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: poverty; attitudes to poverty; perception of life situation; perception of society;
Summary/Abstract: Actual analyses of development of poverty in the world (e.g. N ASA, O ECD, O FFAM, Red Cross) show, that in consequence of oversized exploit of sources and their disproportioned distribution the scissors are more and more opened between richer and poorer parts of population. Representation of middle class, from the period of industrial revolution the basic pillar of society, significantly weakened. The profile of poverty is influenced by several factors, in most developed countries mainly by economic activity, structure and size of households, age, and regional disparities. Social psychology can enrich the complex view on this phenomenon also by study of development of attitudes to poverty in different countries: as illustration the data of Special Eurobarometer No. 321 (2009). Or also by analysis of poorer part of society perceptions of themselves, their life situation and environment/society: as illustration the data of the European Social Survey Round 1.-6. (291 686 respondents) are used. As conclusion the reflections about possibilities of fulfillment of humanistic mission of psychology in practical access to the problem of poverty are discussed.

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