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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- Virginia Commonwealth University, 2006. / Prepared for: School of Social Work. Date on t.p.: October 2006. Bibliography: leaves 113-134.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Delaware, 2007. / Principal faculty advisor: Michael Gamel-McCormick, Dept. of Individual & Family Studies. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.Soc.Sc. Psychology)--University of Waikato, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-94)

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Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-10-03T12:31:24Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Aria da Penha de Oliveira.pdf: 1851281 bytes, checksum: c639b3441d5db2f0c65235f70091567b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-10-03T12:31:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Aria da Penha de Oliveira.pdf: 1851281 bytes, checksum: c639b3441d5db2f0c65235f70091567b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-09-11 / The present dissertation defined, as a main goal, to analyse the influence of Social Welfare Policy in the life of vulnerable families. In order to guide this analisis and make it interact with reality, three specific objectives were chosen: - deepening the knowledge of the policy of protection earmarked to these families; - introduce the territory where this policy is implemented and its weaknesses, more specifically in the district of Cidade Ademar, in the Southern Area of São Paulo, - and assist a social worker in its professional job, from a critical reading of reality, and aiming at strenghening its compromisse with the ethical-political Project of Social Welfare, within a new Social Welfare Policy. This is inspiring a reflexion over the latter’s responsability with these families, whom are presenting many different degrees of vulnerability and do not make it through the circle of extreme poverty. We analysed very carefully these families’ profile and the specificities of this Southern Area of São Paulo, identifying situations of environmental degradation, excessively tough for being a residential area, situations of sociospacial segregation and of high vulnerability. We then reflected more on the intense process of expansion and of “peripherization” of the favelas and the absence of the Brasilian State. We used a qualitative method of search, appealing to technics of interview with four groups of relatives, in an attempt to grasp how they perceive this policy of protection, within the National Social Welfare Policy, their conception of family and the presence of a sociofamilial matrix. Facing this reality, we will find out that the Social Welfare Policy do not succeed in reaching the families in situation of extreme poverty whom do not take the initiative of looking for the existing public services of protection on their territory / A presente dissertação definiu, como objetivo geral, analisar a influência da Política da Assistência Social na vida de famílias vulnerabilizadas. Para direcionar esta análise e interagir com a realidade, foram propostos três objetivos específicos, a saber: - aprofundar o conhecimento das políticas de proteção direcionadas a essas famílias; - apresentar o território onde estão inseridas e suas vulnerabilidades, elegendo para tanto o distrito Cidade Ademar, na Zona Sul de São Paulo, - e subsidiar o assistente social em seu trabalho profissional, a partir de uma leitura crítica dos fenômenos da realidade, fortalecendo o compromisso com o projeto ético-político do Serviço Social, na ótica da nova Política da Assistência Social. Esta vem inspirando a reflexão sobre a responsabilidade com as famílias que, apresentando vários graus de vulnerabilidade, não conseguem sair do ciclo da pobreza extrema. . Analisamos atentamente o perfil de famílias e os aspectos que tipificam esse distrito da Zona Sul de São Paulo, identificando situações de degradação ambiental, sobremaneira acirrada por ser uma zona de manancial, de segregação socioespacial e de alta vulnerabilidade. Isto posto, queremos refletir a respeito do intenso processo de expansão e “periferização” das favelas e da ausência do Estado. Utilizamos a pesquisa qualitativa, recorrendo às técnicas de entrevista com quatro grupos familiares, tentando captar como veem essa política protetiva, à luz da Política Nacional da Assistência Social; a concepção de família e a presença da matricialidade sociofamiliar. Identificaremos, diante de tal realidade, que a Política da Assistência Social não consegue atingir as famílias em extrema pobreza que não tiveram a iniciativa de buscar os serviços de proteção existentes em seu território

Thesis (M.Dev.) -- University of Limpopo, 2013. / The purpose of this study was to understand the perceptions on the causes of poverty amongst the people at Mavambe village. The need for this study was relevant and necessary because most studies conducted on poverty were done on a general scale without taking into account the views of the rural people, such as traditional, community leaders and also local women. Consideration towards the rural areas is very minimal when it comes to fighting poverty. According to the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, (1996), everyone has the right to have access to adequate housing, and the right to access health care services, including productive health care, sufficient food and water, social security. South Africa has had almost eighteen years of democracy; however most of those constitutional rights have not been adequately attained. Yet the Constitution suggests that those rights are guaranteed and that the state must take reasonable steps, to achieve the progressive realization of those rights. The study was qualitative in design. Purposive sampling was used to select the respondents in line with qualitative studies. In-depth interviews and focus group discussions were conducted with respondents The lack of houses, clean drinking water, adequate sanitation, and poor roads, in rural areas are major signs of poverty in rural areas. Because of lack of jobs and resources, majority people are in abject poverty. The study evaluated the scope and extent of poverty in the Mavambe village. The study further evaluated the perceptions of local, traditional and community leaders with regard to causes of poverty in the area. The study also solicited local people‟s perceptions and descriptions of poverty. The study highlights the multidimensionality of poverty. The study made the following key findings, there is lack of agricultural land and capital, the study recommends that every household should have little piece of land to grow crops and other productive uses and that those who want to do commercial farming should be assisted with capital. Another key finding is on income and social grant, the study recommends that the elderly and mothers who are not of school going age should be given social grant not school kids. The study also revealed that poor education system is a major cause of poverty and recommends that government must provide quality education, health, housing and sanitation. The study also revealed that there is lack of entrepreneurial development and thus recommends that entrepreneurial culture be natured as a viable option to deal with 6 issues of unemployment. The study also revealed that there is no infrastructure development in the rural areas and recommends that this should be given priority to change the economic set up of these areas. The study revealed that there is lack of values, respect and moral decay and recommends that families should cultivate and teach values to their children. The study concluded by providing recommendations on how poverty could be solved. These recommendations could also be of assistance for future policy development with regard to combating poverty.

Thesis (M. Dev.) -- University of Limpopo, 2013 / The purpose of this study was to understand the perceptions on the causes of poverty amongst the people at Mavambe village. The need for this study was relevant and necessary because most studies conducted on poverty were done on a general scale without taking into account the views of the rural people, such as traditional, community leaders and also local women. Consideration towards the rural areas is very minimal when it comes to fighting poverty. According to the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, (1996), everyone has the right to have access to adequate housing, and the right to access health care services, including productive health care, sufficient food and water, social security. South Africa has had almost eighteen years of democracy; however most of those constitutional rights have not been adequately attained. Yet the Constitution suggests that those rights are guaranteed and that the state must take reasonable steps, to achieve the progressive realization of those rights. The study was qualitative in design. Purposive sampling was used to select the respondents in line with qualitative studies. In-depth interviews and focus group discussions were conducted with respondents The lack of houses, clean drinking water, adequate sanitation, and poor roads, in rural areas are major signs of poverty in rural areas. Because of lack of jobs and resources, majority people are in abject poverty. The study evaluated the scope and extent of poverty in the Mavambe village. The study further evaluated the perceptions of local, traditional and community leaders with regard to causes of poverty in the area. The study also solicited local people‟s perceptions and descriptions of poverty. The study highlights the multidimensionality of poverty. The study made the following key findings, there is lack of agricultural land and capital, the study recommends that every household should have little piece of land to grow crops and other productive uses and that those who want to do commercial farming should be assisted with capital. Another key finding is on income and social grant, the study recommends that the elderly and mothers who are not of school going age should be given social grant not school kids. The study also revealed that poor education system is a major cause of poverty and recommends that government must provide quality education, health, housing and sanitation. The study also revealed that there is lack of entrepreneurial development and thus recommends that entrepreneurial culture be natured as a viable option to deal with 6 issues of unemployment. The study also revealed that there is no infrastructure development in the rural areas and recommends that this should be given priority to change the economic set up of these areas. The study revealed that there is lack of values, respect and moral decay and recommends that families should cultivate and teach values to their children. The study concluded by providing recommendations on how poverty could be solved. These recommendations could also be of assistance for future policy development with regard to combating poverty

A case study approach was employed to investigate the expectations families in poverty had for their children's early childhood education program. Questions explored included the purpose of early childhood education, the needs of young children, the association of early childhood education to formal schooling, and families' aspirations for their children. Four women whose children or grandchildren were enrolled in an urban early childhood program and considered at risk because of poverty participated. Qualitative methods were used including analysis of interviews and families' photographs of representations of childhood, as well as the researcher's participant observations at the early childhood program. Results indicated that the women had mainstream aspirations for the children, including going to college. Analysis revealed that the women were insightful in regard to the development of children, to appropriate ways of learning for young children, and to the needs of young children. It was also apparent that the women understood the need for and desired a shared role between families and teachers in their children's development. The participants expect early childhood programs to not only prepare young children for school but to prepare them to successfully negotiate social interactions with both children and adults. The need for young children to be outside of the home was an unexpected theme of this research. The results also indicated that the women felt that childhood was a special time of life, free from anxiety, but a time to also form a secure base from which they could take risks in the world. The present study addresses myths that families in poverty do not understand the needs of young children, are not concerned with their futures, and have low expectations for their children. This study has implications for the preparation of teachers. Preservice teachers need opportunities for personal reflection regarding their assumptions about families. The development of initiatives that would allow low income families to reveal their expectations for their children's early childhood education is also implied. / Department of Elementary Education