Despite the centrality of shame and stigma within research on welfare in high-income
countries, these issues only exist within the periphery of rapidly expanding practice in and …

While the reasons for low take‐up of social assistance benefits are complex, stigma is
understood to be an important factor. In this study, the proposition that financial need and …

The shame experienced by people living in poverty has long been recognised. Nobel
laureate and economist, Amartya Sen, has described shame as the irreducible core of …

Focussing on the psychosocial dimensions of poverty, the contention that shame lies at the
'irreducible absolutist core'of the idea of poverty is examined through qualitative research …

Shame and humiliation are central to the understanding of poverty yet internationally
comparable data on this dimension are missing. Based on existing indicators from related …

This article outlines the significance of shame as a non-material and social dimension of
poverty and its potentially devastating impact on people facing economic hardship. Shifting …

Stigma has long been viewed by some as essential to discourage excessive claims, yet
seen by others as a cause of non-take-up by people in need and as a form of symbolic …

While stigma has often been implicated in the low take-up of benefits, its aetiology is not well
understood. Drawing distinctions from earlier research, notably differentiating personal …

Whilst stigma and shame are central features of the experience of poverty in capitalist
societies, we know relatively little about crucial aspects of these phenomena, particularly …

The experience of poverty as shameful is felt by some people living in poverty due to the
internalisation of stigmatising neo-liberal discourses which construe poverty as the …