SOC 2390 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Child Poverty, Welfare Fraud, Income Tax

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2390
• Professor: Saara Anne Liinamaa

Document Summary

Soc 2390: lecture notes: september 24th: poverty and income inequality. Anyone who has struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor ~james. Poverty: questions and debates: poverty often overrepresented by type (e. g. homelessness) or misrepresented in media (individuals are blamed) Welfare fraud; tax burden; draining the system; poor choices: poverty raises key questions about the politics and ethics of wealth distribution; is there an. Acceptable rate of poverty for a wealthy nation: two approaches in public debates and discussions, use social programs and taxation to redistribute wealth more equally. Sociology contributes by developing measurements and statistics around poverty: minimize state support, expect individuals to find their own solutions. The dilemmas of measurement: always check the poverty measure being used in any document!, questions to consider; Is poverty the concern or overall distribution of income (i. e. , does the gap between the rich and the poor matter?)