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Analyse and evaluate how poor people were treated in British society between 1601 and 1834
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Analyse and evaluate how poor people were treated in British society between 1601 and 1834. Many of the worlds poor are caught up in a cycle of deprivation known as the poverty trap. Poverty is the term used to describe an individual's economic situation. It is usually associated with a distinct lack of resources that are deemed necessary for a predetermined standard of living. Poverty, however, over the years has been defined into two categories with the distinction lying between whether or not a person's economic need is biologically necessary or that they are social needs. Absolute poverty refers to a standard of living that is below the subsistence level, in essence, it is the type of poverty found in third world countries that are lacking the minimum necessary for a biological standard of living. This type of poverty is clear and defined and is easily measured thus it is...
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