The role of perceived economic well-being and conspicuous consumption in creating customer wealth

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 519
Author(s):  
Pranay Verma ◽  
Neena Sinha
Author(s):  
Arindam Laha ◽  
Pravat Kumar Kuri

The outreach of micro-finance programme is considered to be a means enhance the economic well-being among the member means to enhance households through poverty alleviation. A wide cross-country variation in the outreach of micro-finance programme to the poor households is observed in the world. Despite the significant growth of micro-finance institutions and its active borrowers, the penetration of micro-finance lending services to the poor households in India is observed to be limited. In addition, there is a wide inter-state disparity in the achievement of micro-finance outreach in India especially among the poor households. A composite index has been constructed using the penetration, availability and usage indicators of micro-finance outreach to examine the interstate variations in the level of its achievement. Subsequently, attempt has been made to analyse the role of micro-finance in alleviating poverty across the states of India. The result shows that out of 27 states and Union Territories, only in seven states (Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, and Karnataka) outreach of micro-finance programme has made a significant impact on the reduction of poverty.


2021 ◽  
pp. 073112142199840
Author(s):  
Tara D. Warner ◽  
Tara Leigh Tober ◽  
Tristan Bridges ◽  
David F. Warner

Protection is now the modal motivation for gun ownership, and men continue to outnumber women among gun owners. While research has linked economic precarity (e.g., insecurity and anxiety) to gun ownership and attitudes, separating economic well-being from constructions of masculinity is challenging. In response to blocked economic opportunities, some gun owners prioritize armed protection, symbolically replacing the masculine role of “provider” with one associated with “protection.” Thus, understanding both persistently high rates of gun ownership in the United States (in spite of generally declining crime) alongside the gender gap in gun ownership requires deeper investigations into the meaning of guns in the United States and the role of guns in conceptualizations of American masculinity. We use recently collected crowdsourced survey data to test this provider-to-protector shift, exploring how economic precarity may operate as a cultural-level masculinity threat for some, and may intersect with marital/family status to shape gun attitudes and behaviors for both gun owners and nonowners. Results show that investments in stereotypical masculine ideals, rather than economic precarity, are linked to support for discourses associated with protective gun ownership and empowerment.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 12-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leah Hamilton ◽  
David Rothwell ◽  
Jin Huang ◽  
Yunju Nam ◽  
Taylor Dollar

1999 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Salmon

The economic role of the state is controversial, even after the collapse of communism and the election of New Labour. The demand that governments get off the backs of wealth-creators has barely diminished since the 1980s; but some still urge control of private and corporate greed in the public interest. There is no sign of such controversy in Greek antiquity; but I shall suggest that the practice of the cities depended on political considerations which reveal comparable principles. All governments, whatever their complexion, now accept some responsibility for general economic well–being, even if their actions may amount to little more than a claim that prosperity will ‘trickle down’ from top to bottom. Numerous functions which would now be identified as economic were performed by Greek cities; after brief preliminaries to set the economic scene, I shall explore them, and try to determine why they were undertaken.


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 814-822
Author(s):  
Idrus Hentihu ◽  
M Chairul Basrun Umanailo

This research aims to find out the form and role of institutional living in ensuring the sustainability of the livelihoods of rural communities. This research was conducted in Wamalana village, Buru Regency, Maluku using a qualitative approach. The results showed that the institutional living in Wamalana village has a relationship with the community in fulfilling the sustainability of livelihoods to survive despite limited circumstances. Various institutional living such as masohi, masaurat, state groups, and parusa has given its role as a social resilience scheme for the community in building the sustainability of livelihoods. The institutional bread is reflected in the tradition of helping the community in building cooperation based on the spirit of brotherly bonds. In the context, development intervention through the empowerment of coastal communities in Buru Regency, various institutional living on various levels can be used as an intervention pathway empowerment program. Meanwhile, for the benefit of further studies on institutional living in the countryside can be focused to see the effect on the level of economic well-being of rural communities measured quantitatively.


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