SOCIOL 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Kuznets Curve, Gini Coefficient, Social Inequality
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As economies begin to develop social inequality will increase, and then, at a certain stage of development (i. e. industrialization), inequality will decline, Gini index/coefficient: measure of inequality (focus on the distribution of wealth or income) 0. 00 = perfect wage equality (there is not a single society where we see a score of zero with the gini coefficient) 1. 00 = perfect wage inequality (also doesn"t exist) Built in assumption of the kuznets curve: development brings equality. Individuals are responsible for the negative conditions in which they live. Looks at the values, beliefs and practices of poor people that makes them poor, and keeps them poor (highly controversial theory) Seeing poverty as beyond the control of individuals. People are impoverished based on societal norms beyond their control (ie: race, gender, etc. ) **highlighted theorists are the ones you need to know. Instills desire to fill certain social positions (we can"t all be doctors, all be cashiers)
