SOCIOL 2R03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Simon Kuznets, Kuznets Curve, Piece Work
23 Jan 2018
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The gordian knot of race class and gender. Historical shifts in the development of inequality across society. "why inequality matters in 1,000 words or less" dec. 2007 ccpa. Gross inequalities are part of a culture of individualism. Inequality is the end of democracy (cunningham 2007) Not able to fully participate as a citizen. Not in the same boat, we all living in the different space. " theoretical and methodological tool that helps us understand the simultaneous and multiple effects of ethnicity, social class and sexualities on gender" - mahalingam, balan and haritatos, 2008:326. "intersections of various social identities profoundly affect the lives of those who embody these categories" How people position in the world, affect the way they perceive the world. People must be located in terms of their structures that capture power relations implied by those structures. There are unique, non-additive effects of identifying with more than one group (stewart and mcdermott, 2004)
