This profile of CROPwas written by Else ÿyen from the University of Bergen,
Norway. She is also in charge of the CROP Programme and Vice-President of the
International Social Science Council. For more information on CROP, write to
CROPSecretariat, Fosswinckelsgt. 7, N-5007 Bergen, Norway; tel: (47) 55589739, fax:
(47)-55589745 or visit the CROPpage on the World Wide Web at http://www.uib.no./svf/helsos/crop/welcome.html
References
1.
Much of the literature on poverty refers to “symptoms”
and “causes” of poverty; the reasons why we choose to avoid
using the term “symptom” are discussed in
ÿyen, Else
,
S.M. Miller
and
Syed Abdus Samad
(editors) (1996), Poverty: A Global Review -Handbook of
International Poverty Research,
Scandinavian University Press
, 593-593 pages.
2.
Galtung, Johan
(1990), “Theory formation in social research: a
plea for pluralism” in
ÿyen, Else
(editor), Comparative Methodology: Theory and Practice in International
Social Research,
Sage, London
, page 101-101.
