SOCI 1002 Lecture Notes - Upper Class, Free Market, Social Mobility

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Income inequality in canada: canada is one of the best places to live because of our economy. Income inequality is increasing but different definitions why because poverty is hard to measure. Low-income cutoff: if more than 70% of income is spent on food, shelter and clothing (varies by family and community size). Explanations of individual level and structural: politics: able to reshape distribution of income by legislations for businesses, welfare benefits, tax policies, failing to maintain/expand welfare. Individual-level: focuses on attributes of people who are poor and see how these people differ (lack of motivation, lack of achievement etc). 14% of the canadian population (not randomly distributed). Social stratification: social stratification: hierarchical arrangement of social groups based on their control over basic resources. Theories of stratification: marx"s theory of stratification (power). Social mobility: social mobility: dynamics of system inequality and particularly to movement up and down stratification system. Intragenerational mobility: comparing person"s first job with current job.

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