Although the case of poverty is mentioned at the international and national levels during economic crises, it is generally focused on economic aspects like measuring poverty and how poverty is perceived and experienced by the poor is mostly neglected. The importance of increasing the awareness of the poor and giving them the right to have word on the politics to be developed is neglected. It is important to approach poverty experienced as a vicious circle by the poor, in terms of human rights and to recognize the phenomenon of poverty as an inequality. In addition, making a special effort to increase the social and cultural capital of disadvantaged groups can be used as a strategy to overcome povery. The study approaches poverty from the social and cultural aspects rather than an economic approach. For this purpose, 100 students, those at different faculties of Afyon Kocatepe University (70 students) and those at different programs of Afyon Vocational School (30 students), were interviewed deeply in total. What does poverty mean for university students? What kind of poverties do students experience? What do university students think about their life conditions (considering their condition normal, accepting, developing a fatalistic perspective, being in an approach on the basis of rights, etc.)? Are they in a passivist attitude regarding their living conditions or do they prefer critical thinking, stance or the struggling ways? What are the students’ solution suggestions about students’ poverty? To answers to these questions are given based on the students’ views. The research findings have the characteristic to be evaluated in forming politics on youth and education.
Primary Language | Turkish |
---|---|
Subjects | Other Fields of Education, Public Administration, Behaviour-Personality Assessment in Psychology |
Journal Section | Articles |
Authors | |
Publication Date | May 17, 2020 |
Published in Issue | Year 2020 |