How much of Spicker’s Wheel Can we Explain Using Statistics?

Author: Struggle in the City Team

With his wheel of conceptualizations, Paul Spicker summarizes the dominant academic definitions of poverty. While no single statistical indicator can adequately capture the the complicated, multi-dimensional nature of poverty, there are several indices which can guide us towards a clearer image of poverty in The Netherlands … (read more)

How Can We Best Examine Attitudes Towards the Vulnerable in The Hague?

Author: Struggle in the City Team

Statistics can tell us many things – but can we use them to move beyond numeral concepts? There is a variety of ways through which we can examine attitudes towards the vulnerable in The Hague including – but not limited to – election data, party manifestos and population surveys … (read more)