SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SYSTEM IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE POOR: SHAME, FEAR OF TO BE DISDAINED AND STIGMATIZED
YOKSULLARIN BAKIŞ AÇISIYLA SOSYAL YARDIM SİSTEMİ: UTANÇ, AŞAĞILANMA VE DAMGALANMA KORKUSU

Author : Emma SAYGI DOĞRU
Number of pages : 677-696

Abstract

This study is based on data obtained within the scope of a research carried out in the framework of a doctorate thesis with 40 women applicants who applied to the Social Assistance and Solidarity Foundation of Eskişehir Province of Tepebaşı District in 2014-2015. The universe of the research is the poor who apply to the Social Assistance and Solidarity Foundations (SYDV). Data were gathered using in-depth interview techniques in this study, which was made by adopting a qualitative method because of its focus on participants' experiences. The data recorded with the voice recorder were analyzed descriptively and systematically. The aim of this study is to understand and evaluate the experiences of poor applicants with the state in relation to the state and the experiences of the social habitat through the experiences and observations of the social assistance process. The experiences of the participants reveal that the emotional worlds of the impoverished persons are marked by the feelings of "shame, helplessness and uneasiness". Participants' experience of social life experiences, social exclusion and competition feelings, and public experience shows that the "submissive" feeling plays a dominant role in the world of these individuals.

Keywords

Social Assistance, Perception of Poverty, Poverty Experience of the Poor, Shame, To Be Stigmatized

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