NGOs and the homelessness in Kuala Lumpur: towards moralistic trust
The aim of the paper is to provide a descriptive analysis of the role of NGOs that provide food distribution to the homeless in Kuala Lumpur. Using personal interviewing as a method of data collection, the study focuses on the aspect of social capital amongst the Non-Governmental Organizations, espe...
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Department of Southeast Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya
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| author | Oria, Prescious Ann Santos Ahmad, Nobaya Hamsan, Hanina Halimatusaadiah |
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| description | The aim of the paper is to provide a descriptive analysis of the role of NGOs that provide food distribution to the homeless in Kuala Lumpur. Using personal interviewing as a method of data collection, the study focuses on the aspect of social capital amongst the Non-Governmental Organizations, especially in terms of bonding and bridging social capital. Analysis of the data procured from the NGOs was done, and trust as one of the components of social capital is seen evidently in the study. This paper defines a new kind of trust that exists between the seven NGOs and the homeless people in this particular context, namely moralistic trust. Informants who have been interviewed all declared a uniform insight towards their relationships to the homeless, giving us a new understanding as to how NGOs build trust with those who are considered destitute, weak, doomed, losers or marginalized in society. |
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| spelling | upm-494392016-12-30T02:41:54Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/49439/ NGOs and the homelessness in Kuala Lumpur: towards moralistic trust Oria, Prescious Ann Santos Ahmad, Nobaya Hamsan, Hanina Halimatusaadiah The aim of the paper is to provide a descriptive analysis of the role of NGOs that provide food distribution to the homeless in Kuala Lumpur. Using personal interviewing as a method of data collection, the study focuses on the aspect of social capital amongst the Non-Governmental Organizations, especially in terms of bonding and bridging social capital. Analysis of the data procured from the NGOs was done, and trust as one of the components of social capital is seen evidently in the study. This paper defines a new kind of trust that exists between the seven NGOs and the homeless people in this particular context, namely moralistic trust. Informants who have been interviewed all declared a uniform insight towards their relationships to the homeless, giving us a new understanding as to how NGOs build trust with those who are considered destitute, weak, doomed, losers or marginalized in society. Department of Southeast Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/49439/1/NGOs%20and%20the%20homelessness%20in%20Kuala%20Lumpur%20towards%20moralistic%20trust.pdf Oria, Prescious Ann Santos and Ahmad, Nobaya and Hamsan, Hanina Halimatusaadiah (2014) NGOs and the homelessness in Kuala Lumpur: towards moralistic trust. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 19 (1). pp. 117-127. ISSN 1823-4127 http://jati-dseas.um.edu.my/810-988 |
| spellingShingle | Oria, Prescious Ann Santos Ahmad, Nobaya Hamsan, Hanina Halimatusaadiah NGOs and the homelessness in Kuala Lumpur: towards moralistic trust |
| title | NGOs and the homelessness in Kuala Lumpur: towards moralistic trust |
| title_full | NGOs and the homelessness in Kuala Lumpur: towards moralistic trust |
| title_fullStr | NGOs and the homelessness in Kuala Lumpur: towards moralistic trust |
| title_full_unstemmed | NGOs and the homelessness in Kuala Lumpur: towards moralistic trust |
| title_short | NGOs and the homelessness in Kuala Lumpur: towards moralistic trust |
| title_sort | ngos and the homelessness in kuala lumpur: towards moralistic trust |
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