A Problem of Riches: Towards a new Social Policy Research Agenda on the Distribution of Economic Resources
A Problem of Riches: Towards a new Social Policy Research Agenda on the Distribution of Economic Resources
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财富问题：关于经济资源分配的新社会政策研究议程
作者：
Michael Orton;K. Rowlingson
经济资源在社会中的分配是社会政策关注的中心问题。但这一领域的研究主要集中在经济分配的底层，即“穷人”。在这篇文章中，我们认为，现在是时候让社会政策摆脱对贫困的狭隘关注，考虑更广泛的问题，不同群体之间的不平等，在经济分配，并通过暗示，较富裕的公民的地位。由于目前在政治、理论或经验层面上缺乏对财富和不平等的考虑，这提出了一些概念上的挑战。文章讨论了挑战，并概述了可能的研究议程的结论。然而，基本论点是，社会政策需要对经济分配有更广泛的理解。
The distribution of economic resources in society is a central concern for social policy. But research in this area has primarily concentrated on the bottom of the economic distribution, namely ‘the poor’. In this article, we argue that it is time for social policy to move away from a narrow focus on poverty to consider the broader issue of inequality between different groups in the economic distribution and, by implication, the position of better-off citizens. This raises a number of conceptual challenges due to the current lack of consideration of wealth and inequality at a political, theoretical or empirical level. The article discusses the challenges and concludes by outlining a possible research agenda. However, the underpinning argument is that social policy needs to develop a broader understanding of the economic distribution.