Kinesiology 2250A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Economic Inequality, Meritocracy

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2250A/B
• Professor: Michael Heine

Document Summary

Kinesiology 2250a social foundations of sport and physical activity. Unit 6: sports, physical activity, and social class. Success and achievement supposed to be based on person"s skills and abilities. The regular guy millionaire next door hard work, strong character. People in upper socio-economic classes using income, wealth, and power to maintain privileges. The myth of equality (in opportunity) in many democratic societies. Is an organizing principle of sport way things should be. Class ideology: web of ideas and beliefs that people use to, understand economic inequalities, evaluate the manner in which economic inequalities are and should be integrated. Class ideology in canada: belief in meritocracy, a form of social organization in which rewards and positions of leadership and power are earned, when people prove that their characteristics and abilities are superior to those of others (competition) In the job market will often find yourself in competition today.