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deprivation — Literally the taking away of something or the state of being dispossessed, the term is loosely used for the condition of not having something, whether or not it was previously possessed, with the implication that the person in question could… … Dictionary of sociology
Maternal deprivation — Mother and child The term maternal deprivation is a catch phrase summarising the early work of psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, John Bowlby on the effects of separating infants and young children from their mother (or mother substitute)[1]… … Wikipedia
cycle of deprivation — A theory popularized in the 1970s to explain the persistence of poverty and other forms of socio economic disadvantage through generations. The theory postulates that ‘family pathology’ is the principal mechanism for transmitting social… … Dictionary of sociology
underclass — The extensive and acrimonious sociological debate about the underclass stems from a predominantly American literature which addresses two phenomena that are argued to be related: namely, high levels of youth unemployment, and an increasing… … Dictionary of sociology
Moynihan Report — The name conventionally given to the volume on The Negro Family: The Case for National Action, published by the US Department of Labor in 1965, and authored by the American social scientist and politician DanielP. Moynihan. Moynihan assembled… … Dictionary of sociology
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