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A DEVIANT LIVELIHOOD STRATEGY: A SOCIOLOGICAL VIEW ON BEGGING CAREER ANDREASONS OF BEGGING IN JAMMU CITY

    1 Author(s):  BACHITTER SINGH

Vol -  8, Issue- 10 ,         Page(s) : 44 - 54  (2017 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/CASIRJ

Abstract

This research paper is based on a deviant livelihood strategy i.e., begging (a deviant street level economic activity). The study has primarily highlighted the reasons of begging and various aspects of the begging career i.e., why people beg, what they were doing before begging, occupation of their parents/family, period in begging and so on. In broader sense there are four main reasons responsible for begging activity. These are - hereditary occupationand culture of poverty, social exclusion, society’s encouragement, individual needs and last resort for livelihood. There are also a number of specific reasons for which people get into begging like destitution, disruptive family background, illiteracy, unemployment, disability and so on.

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