Social Inequality Flashcards

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financial capital example

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someone who has no education or people skills and doesn’t know how to dress or act in public situations but wins the lottery

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social capital example

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a bartender who is very personable and meets a lot of wealthy people but never makes much money and doesn’t act fancy

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cultural capital example

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comes from a poorer family but gets a Phd but still can’t get a job because he doesn’t know anyone

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what is cultural capital

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just think of anything that is not social or financial

such as education

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class consciousness vs false consciousness

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class - identifying as a member of ones economic class
false - focusing on other parts of identity while not identifying ones own class
buy into incorrect ideas about social class
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how does a caste system define class

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class position determined by someones family not socioeconomic status

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why don’t people in lower payer jobs rebel against the higher class peopl

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false consciousness makes them identify with these higher class people

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power in sociology

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ability to get things done

not just rich people can also use cultural capital

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prestige

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certain things are associated with higher levels of society

ex. range rover

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privilege

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favourable assumptions about someone beyond they’re control
think of white privlege with people

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what is intersectionality

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social experience is unique to each race, gender, etc

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absolute poverty

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can’t get basic life necessities

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relative poverty

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sense of poverty relative to others in community

compare to our reference groups

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marginal poverty

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lack of stable employment

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structural poverty

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wealth inequality based on how society is structured

think of interest on loans poor people taking out

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social exclusion

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marginalized people lack access to resources and opportunities and rights
ex.poor person can’t get job because they don’t have interview clothes

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residential segregation

what kind of disparities can it cause

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people in certain demographic cluster together
quality of schools
healthcare and safety

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social reproduction

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social factors that cause social inequalities to reproduce overtime
ex. passing of poverty to the next generation

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inequalities in health vs health care

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health has biological like men are more prone to heart attacks
health care is like women are less intensely treated for heart attacks so have worse outcomes

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prevalence vs incidence

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prevalence - how many people have a condition
think diabetes is very prevalent in canada

incidence - how many new cases in a population over a time period
think diabetes incidence is higher in First Nations

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some things associated with socioeconomic health inequalities

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can’t access docor or medical equipment
no opportunity for exercise
race and ethnicity
can’t access healthy food

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intergenerational mobility

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across multiple generations

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intragenerational mobility

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within one generation

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vertical mobility

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moves to lower or higher class
ex. winning lottery
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horizontal mobility

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switch roles within a single class
ex changing career but making the same amount of money
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exchange mobility

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when someone moves up the socioeconomic ladder someone else will slide down

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structural mobility

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dramatic changes in society can enrich or impoverish many people at one time

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meritocracy

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more capable people able to experience more success \

unequal outcomes based on equal opportunities

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oligarchy

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society ruled by a small handful of individuals

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radicalization vs racial formation theory

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in formation theory you use radicalization to help certain groups

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compare a class to caste system

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in class all that matters if you have money so mobility is possible such as America 
but caste is hereditary like in Asia
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how does a population period show the stages of population

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wide bottom shows high fertility rate

widening top shows decreased mortality rate