All Outputs (5)

Re-thinking destitution in the UK: Typologies, spaces and transitions (2014)
Journal Article
Gopinath, D. (2014). Re-thinking destitution in the UK: Typologies, spaces and transitions. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJHRCS.2014.067881

Destitution, a severe form of poverty still persists in modern, industrialised nations such as the UK despite a robust, social security system in place. Increased use of food banks, inadequate housing provisions, etc., point to evidence that there ar... Read More about Re-thinking destitution in the UK: Typologies, spaces and transitions.

Poverty and place through the eyes of the poor: Lessons from developing a conceptual framework, D-SPACE in southern India (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Gopinath, D. (2014, September). Poverty and place through the eyes of the poor: Lessons from developing a conceptual framework, D-SPACE in southern India. Paper presented at UK Ireland Planning Research Conference 2014, Oxford, England

Paper read at the UK Ireland Planning Research Conference, 9-11 September 2014, Oxford Brookes University.

Shifting of the ontological-epistemological balance in contemporary research agendas: A critique (2014)
Journal Article
Gopinath, D. (2015). Shifting of the ontological-epistemological balance in contemporary research agendas: A critique. Quality and Quantity, 49(5), 1873-1882

With greater calls for public involvement, there are now claims of methodological shifts to ‘bottom-up’, ‘politically informed’ and ‘boundary-less’ approaches. This is not accurate as there is still predominantly an emphasis on epistemological consid... Read More about Shifting of the ontological-epistemological balance in contemporary research agendas: A critique.

Placing Poverty in Context: A Case Study (2014)
Journal Article
Gopinath, D., & Nair, M. (2014). Placing Poverty in Context: A Case Study. Poverty and Public Policy, 6(2), 135-156

The “poverty-in-context” approach to understanding poverty is shaped by the needs and priorities of a particular context, and it can be used as the basis for identifying pro-poor projects in local strategies such as City Development Plans. A key argu... Read More about Placing Poverty in Context: A Case Study.

Micro-enterprises as a tool to alleviate poverty among women headed household: Successful community based initiative (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Nair, M., & Gopinath, D. (2014, May). Micro-enterprises as a tool to alleviate poverty among women headed household: Successful community based initiative. Paper presented at 4th International Conference on Sociology and Social Work, Los Angeles, California

Paper read at the 4th International Conference on Sociology and Social Work, May 19-20, 2014, in Los Angeles, CA, USA