SOCWORK 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Precariat, Noam Chomsky, Neoliberalism
21 Nov 2017
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Week #5 (october 4, 2017) understanding social problems. *the critical literature review rubric online now read the jesson and lacey (2006) it is the format they want* Due november 1st at 5pm apa format (you do not need an abstract, but need the rest) A social problem exists when: a sufficiently powerful population becomes collectively aware of conditions it considers to be threatening to its well being, sets out to alter those conditions so as to reduce the perceived threat. Social problems require: a collective set of values, awareness of the condition, sufficient power to act. The american dream: you are born poor, and you get rich. In a democracy, public opinion has to have some say in the governments doings some public sectors do not like democracy, because it gives power to the people, and not then. The 10 principles of concentration of wealth and power. Wealth goes into power (elections) which goes back to wealth (legislation)
