Social Science

Please write an essay of at least 500 words that addresses the following three related issues. Your essay will be graded on ACCURACY, how thorough you address each of the three questions, spelling grammar and length requirements. Please remember that NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED!

Based on what you have learned about social and economic stratification, how would define poverty?

Using the “War on Poverty” article found in the Week 9 Lesson, how effective has the government been in combating poverty in the United States since the Great Society initiatives of LBJ? How has this initiative hurt or helped people and why- use the research in this article to make your case.

Based on what you have learned about the form and function of our government, is it their responsibility to develop and execute welfare programs? If so why and how should this be accomplished to avoid the ctration of a chronic/generational state of dependency? If not what do you suggest as alternatives?

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Question 1

Poverty is defined differently; the course describes poverty as the situation when people have insufficient funds to satisfy their basic needs like food, clothing and shelter (Justino, 2010). Many other situations facing human comfort in a certain society can also be part of poverty even without any form of money involved. Some of them include battling with sickness and unable to seek proper medical care maybe because it is unavailable or lack of money to pay for the services. The inability to read or write due to limited access to school is also another aspect. The lack of unemployment which forces people to live one day at a time with the fear for the future is also poverty (Justino, 2010). The World Bank Organization explains that the state of poverty calls for action as many people are working on a daily to escape the situation.

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