Introduction lecture

Question 1

talk about sociologists and inequality

Answer 1

• want to alleviate poverty
• inequality not caused by personality flaws (social structure)
• opportunities distrubuted differently

Question 2

sociologists want to explain …

Answer 2

• 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`

Question 3

how does society contribute to poverty?

Answer 3

by enforcing policies along with attitudes and beliefs toward others

Question 4

what 3 factors contribute to social inequality?

Answer 4

• government policy
• politics
• culture

Question 5

“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

Answer 5

D - definition is about inequality

Question 6

how do people experience inequality?

Answer 6

meaning that individuals attach to their lives

- ppl interpret their situations differently

Question 7

what does the term “social time” have to do with inequality?

Answer 7

• 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.

Question 8

____ year olds have highest rates of poverty but spend least amount of time in it

Answer 8

23-24

Question 9

there is little correlation to high school drop out rates and poverty since poverty can affect anyone over time. T or F

Answer 9

False. Those who experience poverty the most are individuals with highschool or less

Question 10

what system does canada use to determine poverty?

Answer 10

LICO

Question 11

LICO is considered an absolute measure of poverty. T or F

Answer 11

False. Relative

Question 12

maintaining stable relationships b/w those who are well off and those who rnt is critical for …

Answer 12

social stability

Question 13

what are 3 ways to measure poverty

Answer 13

• LICO
• Persistence
• Most job creation is part-time

Question 14

what term describes the “Relatively long-lasting, patterned relationships among the elements of society”

Answer 14

social structure

Question 15

social structure is the relationship b/w …,

Answer 15

Self and the state

Question 16

what are the problems with SF

Answer 16

• presupposes pre-established social structure
• over-emphasizes conformity, societal consensus, and enforcing existing beliefs
• deemphasizes conflict and the social forces that constrain individual choice

Question 17

describe some aspects of SF

Answer 17

• societies reflect natural order
• social structures established through institutions and social roles
• about the way it should be
• we think that society is natural

Question 18

what are the 2 dominant views of structural inequality?

Answer 18

SF and Critical theory

Question 19

stratification has to do with what view of structural inequality? what does it talk about? what doesnt it analyse?

Answer 19

SF

• ppl ranked based on socially desirable characteristics
• focus on characteristics rather than relations
• natural order emerges
• Doesnt analyse relationships

Question 20

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?

Answer 20

Critical theory

Question 21

for critical theory, the ____ is the primary social structure that organizes social class relations

Answer 21

Economy

Question 22

what are the key words that define critical theory

Answer 22

social relations producing social structures, patterned systems of inequality, class relations, agonistic relations

Question 23

Marx believes that social life is organized around ______

Answer 23

production

Question 24

social relations are relations of power. This speaks to

Answer 24

Critical theory -> how analysts need to consider structures and power

Question 25

define agency

Answer 25

the ability to act within an existing social framework

Question 26

behavoir in groups transcend individual behavoirs. T or F

Answer 26

True

Question 27

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

Answer 27

D

Question 28

give an example of historical interactions transcending ppl

Answer 28

Universities

-> we didnt have a say on having universities but they exist today

Question 29

why do we need to be critical of statistics?

Answer 29

they dont tell the whole story

• how was the data collected
• who counted and why?
• who collected the information?