b Flashcards
Citizen Journalism
Social media as journalistic outlet
hidden homeless
people staying with friends or family while homeless
genderqueer
person who resists gender norms but does not seek to change their sex
genderfluid
a person who has a gender or genders that change over time and contexts
Maslows Hierarchy of Needs
Self-Actualization - spontaneity - ability to express- esteem - love/belonging - safety - physiological
Absolute poverty
lack of necessities
Relative Poverty
inadequecy compared to average living standards
Low Income Measure (LIM)
Making less than half the median income
Low-Income Cut-Off (LICO)
defines low income as spending 20 percent more than the average Canadian on food, shelter, clothing
Market Basket Measure (MBM)
estimates cost of basic goods for reference families and expressed percent living below
Social Stratification
Categorization of people into groups based on wealth - income - race - gender etc. may be closed or open
Social Mobility
movement within and between classes
Vertical mobility
between classes, can be intragenerational or intergenerational
Davis-Moore thesis
inequalities must be necessary in order for society to function properly, must have various duties and some rewarded better than others
Ralf Dahrendorf
said marxist revolution never happened because more people have stake in capitalist system, increase in standard of living, union success etc