Lamont, MicheleSmall, Mario2017-06-092017-06-09Lamont, Michèle, and Mario Small. 2010. Cultural Diversity and Anti-Poverty Policy. International Social Science Journal 61(199):169-80.http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:33009321This article examines how anti-poverty policy has considered the role of culture and how it ought to do so. While some have explained poverty as a function of the presumed cultural deficiency or distinctiveness of the poor, we suggest that these explanations have not been convincing and that policy requires a broader and more sophisticated understanding of the relationship between culture and behaviour. In fact, we suggest that cultural differences may be positively employed in comprehensive anti-poverty strategies.en-USJournal Article