What Method Is Usually Used to Evaluate Poverty

question 19

Multiple Choice

What method is usually used to evaluate poverty?

• A) objective analyses of statistics and economics
• B) the Gini coefficient
• C) subjective evaluations of mathematical measurements
• D) evaluation of policies already in place

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Definitions:

Birth of Sociology

The emergence of sociology as a distinct discipline in the 19th century, aiming to understand and explain societal structures, processes, and changes.

Class Consciousness

The awareness of one's place in a system of social classes, especially as it relates to the struggle against perceived injustices and exploitation within that system.

Quality of Mind

Mills’s term for the ability to view personal circumstance within a social context.

Semi-periphery

Nations that are midway between the core and periphery countries, often exploiting periphery countries but being exploited by core countries.