The impact of poverty and inequality on the dignity of lone mothers in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorWright, Gemma
dc.contributor.authorNoble, Michael
dc.contributor.authorNtshongwana, Phakama
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-11T07:41:16Z
dc.date.available2019-03-11T07:41:16Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractIn Part 1 of this themed working paper, an account is provided of low income lone mothers’ portrayals of dignity in relation to their lives. A key objective of the project was to explore what ‘dignity’ means to low income lone mothers in South Africa in the context of their lives. This provides a framework for Part 2 of this themed working paper which examines lone mothers’ accounts of the impact of poverty and inequality on their dignity. Inevitably, the issues of poverty, inequality and social security arise in this first part of the paper but the primary focus is on dignity per se. As will be seen in the following sub‐section, the notion of ‘dignity as principle’ is prominent within the jurisprudence literature wherein dignity is regarded as indefeasible human worth. However, dignity can also be considered as a psycho‐social phenomenon – ‘dignity in practice’ (e.g. Budowski, 2005). At times these two notions of dignity can seem disconnected (e.g. Phillips, 2011). Drawing from discussions with low income lone mothers on the subject of dignity, the extent to which there is any apparent connection between 'dignity as principle' and 'dignity in practice' can be explored.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWright, G., Noble, M. & Ntshongwana, P., 2014. The impact of poverty and inequality on the dignity of lone mothers in South Africa, Cape Town: Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/4460
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInstitute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesLand reform and agrarian change in Southern Africa;2
dc.subjectPovertyen_US
dc.subjectInequalityen_US
dc.subjectLone mothersen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titleThe impact of poverty and inequality on the dignity of lone mothers in South Africaen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US

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