Poverty 2

What is the Social Metrics Commission?

• an organisation “dedicated to helping policymakers and the public understand and take action to increase poverty”

• an organisation “dedicated to helping policymakers and the public understand and take action to ignore poverty”

• an organisation “dedicated to helping policymakers and the public understand and take action to tackle poverty”

• All of the above

Which of these was NOT a category in the SMC report?

• The Depth of Poverty

• The Persistence of Poverty

• The Regulation of Poverty

• The Lived Experience of those in Poverty

Only related individuals are considered in the SMC report?

• True

• False

Social Exclusion only occurs as a result of poverty?

• True

• False

What does the New Right blame for poverty?

• the capitalist system for encouraging greed and inequality

• the culture of the poor and the government for encouraging very poor people to be dependent on benefits

• the release of a Jon Bon Jovi Greatest Hits album rather than new material

• All of the above

What do Marxists blame for poverty?

• the capitalist system for encouraging greed and inequality

• the culture of the poor and the government for encouraging very poor people to be dependent on benefits

• the release of a Jon Bon Jovi Greatest Hits album rather than new material

• All of the above

How can housing contribute to social exclusion?

• High house prices

• Overcrowded accommodation

• Living in areas with less resources

• All of the above

What is "the culture of poverty"?

• that being in Poverty tends to create a way of living that becomes a culture of its own

• that people in poverty steal culture from rich people

• the people in poverty can't afford Yakult drinks

• All of the above

"The culture of poverty" impacts only one generation, and the children are not affected until adulthood

• True

• False

Fill in the blank: Social Exclusion BLANK people participating in society

• Helps

• Prevents

• Encourages

• Favours