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.