Globalization can be considered to be a benefit and at the negative process. Indeed, the internationalization of trade worldwide is an improvement in terms of the effects it has for the offer on the world markets. But, at the same time, it creates a certain discrepancy at the level of the society which is visible in all major cities of the world. The level of poverty has become increasingly worrisome and most argue that it is the new disease of the 21st century.
             The culture of poverty theory argues that "poor people share deviant cultural characteristics. The poor have lifestyles that differ from the rest of society and that these characteristics perpetuate their life of poverty. The poor are qualitatively different in values and these cultural differences explain continued poverty."(Eitzen and Baca-Zinn, 1994) Therefore it can be said that poverty, according to this theory, is a trait which is perpetuated generation after generation. Moreover, the issue of the culture of poverty theory argues that there are certain characteristics related to the way in which people targeted by this theory tend to behave. Thus, "parents are more permissive in raising their children. (...) Children raised in poverty also have drastically different orientations in life when compared to middle-class children. There is an absence of childhood. (...) The poor are more fatalistic. One might expect that a poor person would believe the following idea: "What will be, will be and I can't change it. (...) The poor are less interested in formal education." (Eitzen and Baca-Zinn, 1994) Although the theory in itself presents certain aspects of the lives of poor people, there are those who argue against the notions described by these ideas.
             Philippe Bourgois in his book "In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio" tries to consider the lives in New York's El Barrio, one of the poorest parts of one of the richest centers...