Cover Image

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...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Oria, Prescious Ann Santos, Ahmad, Nobaya, Hamsan, Hanina Halimatusaadiah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Southeast Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/49439/1/NGOs%20and%20the%20homelessness%20in%20Kuala%20Lumpur%20towards%20moralistic%20trust.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/49439/
http://jati-dseas.um.edu.my/810-988
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.upm.eprints.49439
record_format eprints
spelling my.upm.eprints.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
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
building UPM Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Putra Malaysia
content_source UPM Institutional Repository
url_provider http://psasir.upm.edu.my/
language English
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.
format Article
author Oria, Prescious Ann Santos
Ahmad, Nobaya
Hamsan, Hanina Halimatusaadiah
spellingShingle Oria, Prescious Ann Santos
Ahmad, Nobaya
Hamsan, Hanina Halimatusaadiah
NGOs and the homelessness in Kuala Lumpur: towards moralistic trust
author_facet Oria, Prescious Ann Santos
Ahmad, Nobaya
Hamsan, Hanina Halimatusaadiah
author_sort Oria, Prescious Ann Santos
title NGOs and the homelessness in Kuala Lumpur: towards moralistic trust
title_short 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_sort ngos and the homelessness in kuala lumpur: towards moralistic trust
publisher Department of Southeast Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya
publishDate 2014
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/49439/1/NGOs%20and%20the%20homelessness%20in%20Kuala%20Lumpur%20towards%20moralistic%20trust.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/49439/
http://jati-dseas.um.edu.my/810-988
_version_ 1643834367337824256
score 13.211869

Similar Items