Poverty in the United States. Poverty Eradication. Conflict Theory

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Poverty in the United States
Poverty is a human condition of being unable to obtain or provide food, clothing, shelter, and water. It is occurring in each state at a variable rate, and it is unlikely to end soon. The United States is an economically stable country, yet millions of its citizens are living in poverty (Rothschild). The issue of poverty has remained an issue since 1930s when it was prioritized in the national agenda due to the devastation impact of the Great Depression (Block et al. 14). However, almost a century later, poverty remains one of the problems in the American society today. There are two methods used in poverty analysis; complete poverty and relative poverty. The comprehensive approach focuses on the necessities a family or someone is unable to provide. Comparative poverty analyzes the situation of the need, how a standard group compares to another. Three theoretical perspectives control the sociological aspects of poverty as a social problem. They view the same issues, but in different methods. This paper will analyze poverty as a social problem using sociological perspectives.
Explanations of Poverty in Sociology
Sociologists agree that poverty is a social issue because citizens should not be less fortunate, and it encompasses social justice. Some sociologists argue that the low standards of living is a social issue because poor people raise their children badly, and it leads to social disorders. People believe that social justice requires suffering citizens to be less poor, while others say the poor citizens should be made better persons. The division between justice and order shows distinct commonsense views of why individuals are suffering. Analyzing ideology enables us to identify and define social problems. The issue of thinking also focuses on the sorts of solutions proposed in the way a question is created (Bulmer 39). The conflicting ideologies in sociology illustrate that there is more than one solution to social issues. Sociological discourses are ways of organizing knowledge. As Cassiman explains, a discourse is an exchange of ideas or a discussion that acts as representation to a certain issue (1691). Poor citizens have to show that they are unfortunate. The poor must demonstrate they are bankrupt; that is, they are themselves the topic of the discourse and understand their position. The less fortunate population have things done to them; other people have rights over them. Different policies on poverty aim to do essential activities; for example, the U.S. has measures of eradicating the degree of poverty. The discourses are also about the relations of governance and enabled to take the course.
Talking about poverty involves understanding inequality as a variance between two conclusions. The population may be termed as insolvent or non-poor. There are other opinions of discourses that do not agree with the view and see it as an intricate conclusion. The discrepancy between the non-poor and underprivileged means that the focus is concentrated on the poor; they are the deviations from the norm of not being needy. The attention on the poor people in the discourse of poverty illustrates that considerations and descriptions fo...