"The term is understood objectively rather than subjectively. Individuals, families and groups in the population can be said to be in poverty when they lack the resources to obtain the types of diet, participate in the activities and have the living conditions and amenities which are customary, or are at least widely encouraged or approved, in the societies to which they belong. Their resources are so seriously below those commanded by the average individual or family that they are, in effect, excluded from ordinary living patterns, customs and activities."
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Peter Townsend (sociologist)
(6 April 1928, – 8 June 2009, ) was a British sociologist. The last position he held was Professor of International Social Policy at the . He was also of Social Policy in the , and was one of the co-founders of the . He wrote widely on the economics of poverty and was co-founder of the .
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