FINAL EXAM: CAGE and the State Flashcards
the state has an important role in managing the _____, ______, and ______ because it has the ____ to act and change those circumstances and policies
production, reproduction, and distribution, power
talk about the “law makes some activities more visible” under the class and poverty section
- youth crime -> over policed
- public over-estimates crime rates
- racialization of certain groups
list the 3 main points with gender and violence
- state reluctance to pursue domestic violence and sexual assault
- alberta is the most dangerous for women
- most return to their abusive circumstances
talk about “the state having a history of helping the deserving poor” under the class and poverty section
organized around the idea of a white, male, breadwinner who is temporarily out of work
talk about “neoliberalism changing the welfare state relationship” in age and life course
- social issues subordinated to a business model
- a citizens value determined by their levels of economic productivity
- more ppl start retiring into poverty
- outcomes vary depending on CAGE
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- outcomes vary depending on CAGE
talk about the “structural issues of the state not viewing harms by Corporations as crimes” under the class and poverty section
- environmental damage, loss of human life, financial loss
- business activities cause more death and loss than do street crimes
talk about “systemic discrimination” under the race and law section
- aboriginals overrepresented in prisons
- african canadians in toronto charged with crimes and ticketed 4x more often
- trail of tears -> the road where aboriginal women go missing
discuss the 3 state influences (the beggining phrase at the beggining of this lecture)
- productiron
* labor market, immigration policies, anti-strike legislation, pay equity, EI, ect. - reproduction
* maternity benefits, pensions, immigration policy - distribution
* education and health
give some examples of citizenship as a racial project
- aboriginals
- residential schools
- indian act
- unresolved land claims
- chinese
- overt
- head tax, expendable workers
- covert
- majority of immigrants now come from china BUT still experience cultural discrimination
- devaluation of foreign qualifications
- overt
talk about Race and domestic labor
- canadian policy targeted men and women for cheap labor
- before WW2, single white women targeted for domestic labor and childcare to preserve the white nation
- today, we live in the care-giver program
- the shift from racial to education requirements
- means for preferential treatment of deserving immigrants
what are the 4 main points of class and workfare
- rights in jepordy
- shift from rights based policies to obligation centered policies
- the program teaches the unemployed the “value of work”
- the assumption that properly qualified workers will find work
discuss “rights in jeopardy” under the class and workfare section
- citizens are required to earn state benefits
- this is workfare
how are “youth experiencing negative mobility” in age and lifecourse
- earnings and pensions will be less
- compounded by the state trying to withdraw social services
- caring is becoming an individual activity
20% of minimum wage earners are women
FALSE: its 60%
talk about how the state influences reproductive rights of gender
- state intervines to control womens sexuality and reproduction
- women have view rights to control their own bodies
- birth control, abortion rights, sterilizations
- there is a reluctance to pursue sexual assault and domestic violence cases
