Eller Chapter Three

I know in this chapter I was bothered on how "poor people" were viewed in the book. What part of this chapter bothered you the most ? I know personally was page 91, Tal taught us in PPCS 100 not to blame the victim, and on page 91 when it talks about "poverty pockets", I felt that all the blame on was being placed on those who were considered "poor". This really bothers me and the frame work around on how the problem should have been handled.
What was one thing you liked from this chapter, p.112personally I like how colleges did not discriminant on people based on there economic status.

Stone Chpater 6

Annalisa writes:

This is what will be on the quiz today, Monday, March 1.

Chapter 6 Symbols

• From where does a symbol get its meaning?
• What is the relevance of symbols for policy-making?
• Stone identifies four aspects of symbolic representation; name these and explain what each is.

Stone Chapter 4- Security- Hannah

Stone talks about Security in terms of need. There is absolute need, defined by the bare standard to live, and the relative need, which puts us about our peers in terms of value. There's also direct v. instrumental need and safety, which prevents us needing things in the future because of "potential risk". Finally, she mentions relational needs, which involve community interaction.
It seems that most of the needs she describes are relative.

1)What would you define as needs in your life? Which category would most go under?

2) How does your policy project utilize security/how could it?

3) What do you think of the idea of an Security-efficiency trade off, where the more secure people feel, the less efficient they become? Where did this idea come from? Using the chart on page 107 if you need help finalizing your thoughts.

3) What else struck you from this chapter?

Uneven Ground: The Politics of Poverty, Dava

Hey ya'll!

Sorry this is so late getting out, I didn't know exactly what to do for a while but I figured it out!

This chapter is dense with explainations of different organizations and efforts to develop the Appalachian region in the 60's. We will go over them in depth tomorrow, for now I have a couple of questions:

When the efforts for development in Appalachia started, what kind of development where they exactly aiming for? Was it necessarily the kind of development that needed to happen (i.e. temporary factory jobs, tourism, and new roadways)? If not, what else could have been done instead?
Where was the money going that the various organizations provided for Appalachia? Was it going to the severely underdeveloped areas or to the already developed areas where they saw more potential?

Thanks,
Dava

Test // Aaron Reedy

Test.. one, two, three.