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
the book critiques the state on the issue of…
A) civil citizenship
B) political citizenship
C) Social citizenship
C) social citizenship
talk about class and descent and cooperation
- hegemony -> the state achieves dominance by getting those in the public to align with the goals of the state
- the allignment of the workplace with neoliberalism
- counter-hegemonic forces
- can destabilize the dominant consensus
- destabilization comes by chipping away at the foundations of policy
talk about the “not all viewed as entitled to help” under the class and poverty section
- notions of blamelessness
- eg: single mothers -> policies keep them in poverty
the community establishes citizenship rules, laws, definitions, and boarders. t or f
FALSE: the state does
citizenship is a racial project. t or f
True
what are the 4 main points about Class and poverty
- the state has a history of helping the “deserving poor”
- not all viewed as entitled to help
- law makes more activities more visible
- structural issues -> state does not view harm inflicted by companies/corporations as crimes
what are the states 3 main tasks?
- regulate accumulation of wealth
- legitimation
- coercion and social control
what are the 3 main points with age and life course
- caring essential to welfare state
- neoliberalism changing that relationship
- youth experiencing negative mobility
