Introduction lecture Flashcards
talk about sociologists and inequality
- want to alleviate poverty
- inequality not caused by personality flaws (social structure)
- opportunities distrubuted differently
sociologists want to explain …
- why poverty exists
- what factors contribute to social inequality
- how and through what process if poverty maintained
- what changed needed to make society more equal`
how does society contribute to poverty?
by enforcing policies along with attitudes and beliefs toward others
what 3 factors contribute to social inequality?
- government policy
- politics
- culture
“differences among groups within society that determines their access to opportunities, privilages, and benefits of that society.” this is the definition of A) Poverty B) Disequalibrium C) stratification D) none of the above
D - definition is about inequality
how do people experience inequality?
meaning that individuals attach to their lives
- ppl interpret their situations differently
what does the term “social time” have to do with inequality?
- refers to the issues of generations and life courses
- there may be persistent poverty BUT it affects different individuals over time
- time spent in poverty ripples through time.
____ year olds have highest rates of poverty but spend least amount of time in it
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there is little correlation to high school drop out rates and poverty since poverty can affect anyone over time. T or F
False. Those who experience poverty the most are individuals with highschool or less
what system does canada use to determine poverty?
LICO
LICO is considered an absolute measure of poverty. T or F
False. Relative
maintaining stable relationships b/w those who are well off and those who rnt is critical for …
social stability
what are 3 ways to measure poverty
- LICO
- Persistence
- Most job creation is part-time
what term describes the “Relatively long-lasting, patterned relationships among the elements of society”
social structure
social structure is the relationship b/w …,
Self and the state
what are the problems with SF
- presupposes pre-established social structure
- over-emphasizes conformity, societal consensus, and enforcing existing beliefs
- deemphasizes conflict and the social forces that constrain individual choice
describe some aspects of SF
- societies reflect natural order
- social structures established through institutions and social roles
- about the way it should be
- we think that society is natural
what are the 2 dominant views of structural inequality?
SF and Critical theory
stratification has to do with what view of structural inequality? what does it talk about? what doesnt it analyse?
SF
- ppl ranked based on socially desirable characteristics
- focus on characteristics rather than relations
- natural order emerges
- Doesnt analyse relationships
Social relations produce social structures that organise as durable and pattered systems of inequality especially class relations (antagonistic relations b/w primarily groups of ppl). this is the definition of?
Critical theory
for critical theory, the ____ is the primary social structure that organizes social class relations
Economy
what are the key words that define critical theory
social relations producing social structures, patterned systems of inequality, class relations, agonistic relations
Marx believes that social life is organized around ______
production
social relations are relations of power. This speaks to
Critical theory -> how analysts need to consider structures and power
define agency
the ability to act within an existing social framework
behavoir in groups transcend individual behavoirs. T or F
True
Structured forms of power are reproduced through daily interactions of individuals. this speaks to A) critical race theory B) SF C) Power D) Agency and Structure
D
give an example of historical interactions transcending ppl
Universities
-> we didnt have a say on having universities but they exist today
why do we need to be critical of statistics?
they dont tell the whole story
- how was the data collected
- who counted and why?
- who collected the information?
