Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2012
Volume
30
Journal
Urban Policy and Research
Issue
3
First Page
293
Last Page
308
URL with Digital Object Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08111146.2012.673483
Abstract
In this article, I present the key findings from a project entitled “The Social Context of Indigenous Poverty”. The research involved a series of interviews with Aboriginal people in urban SE Australia on issues of poverty, social capital and social exclusion. In the article I draw together Aboriginal perspectives on the meaning of poverty to reflect on the relevance of social capital concepts for understanding Aboriginal economic disadvantage and hence, the merits of policy framed in these terms.
