SOCI 1002H Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Nuclear Family, Social Inequality, Neoliberalism
14 Jun 2018
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Lecture 5
How we live together; not who lives together
• Marginalized families: Indigenous, Single parents
• Nuclear family: hegemonic (dominant ideal). Heteronormative, middle class
• LAT, Skip, Transnational, Created
Family is consistently being reconstructed on basis of:
• Globalization
• Technological innovation
• Biomedical technologies increase lifespan, which could relate to skip families
• Gender equity
• Same sex rights
• Educational attainment
Is Social Welfare Viable? What are the Social Determinants of Health?
• Shift away from discussions of the formation of self-identity
• Examination of the social - the structural context of our lives
• Chapter 6: origins and changes in social welfare policies
• Keynesian welfarism to neoliberal social investment state
• Social inequalities and morbidity/mortality rates
Welfare State to Social Investment State:
• Great Depression (1920s-1940s)
• Market crash, mass unemployment, civil unrest, rise of communism
• Similar to what led to rise of fascism in Germany
• Led to social welfare state
• Welfare State (1950s-1970s)
• Golden age of capitalism; emerging middle class, management of inequality
(taxes, social programs)
• Led to civil unrest and failing rate of profit (1973)
• Neoliberalism (no such thing as society)
• Free trade, privatization, deregulation, deepening of social inequality
• Social investment state: chooses to invest strategically
1970s-1990s: Canada vs US
• US: Neoliberal governments
• Privatization through tax cuts
• Anti-immigration, tough on crime
• No shielding people from social risk
• Poverty due to failed work ethic
• Individual vs social responsibility
• Canada: Social Investment
• Children focused policies
• Innocence
• Dependency
• Tax cuts vs publically funded programs to address child poverty
• Family responsibility
Chapter 7: Social Determinants of Health
• Key arguments:
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Document Summary
How we live together; not who lives together: marginalized families: indigenous, single parents, nuclear family: hegemonic (dominant ideal). Heteronormative, middle class: lat, skip, transnational, created. Family is consistently being reconstructed on basis of: globalization, technological innovation, biomedical technologies increase lifespan, which could relate to skip families, gender equity, same sex rights, educational attainment. 1970s-1990s: canada vs us: us: neoliberal governments, privatization through tax cuts, anti-immigration, tough on crime, no shielding people from social risk, poverty due to failed work ethic. Individual vs social responsibility: canada: social investment, children focused policies. Innocence: dependency, tax cuts vs publically funded programs to address child poverty, family responsibility. Income, education, racism, employment, quality of work, childhood, food security, Housing, social inclusion: globalization, colonialism, patriarchy, capitalism. Life course of social determinants of health: latent effects of poor childhood health, adult onset, prenatal care and life expectancy, childhood poverty as launch pad for poor health, educational attainment and life expectancy.
