LABR 1F99 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Broadbent Institute, Collective Action
23 Feb 2016
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Lecture 18- the working class in popular culture. Popular culture: the entirety of ideas perspectives, attitudes, memes, images and other phenomena that are within the mainstream of a given culture. Types of entertainment that most ppl in a society enjoy. Representations of work, workers, unions and the working class shape how we think, what we think, and how we act. Social location (class, race, gender, immigrant status, ability, sexual orientation, indigeneity) 52% of cdns self-identify as middle class when asked to describe their social and financial place in society . 36% of cdns said they"re working class, not middle class. 45% of cdns are optimistic about the future of canada"s middle class. 90% of cdns don"t feel financially secure (pollara, 2014) Broadbent institute study (2014) on how we think wealth should, ideally, be distributed in canada vs. reality. The richest 20% should be holding 30% of the wealth created in our economy. Reality: canada"s richest 20% hold 67. 4% of wealth.
