SOC 2390 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Car Rental, Vehicle Insurance, Ageism

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

Document Summary

Soc 2390: lecture notes: november 12th: age and ability. It is not a characteristic shared with a limited number of others control: age is criterion for classifying and ranking people socially. So how/why does it relate to inequality: there are age-related normative and cultural expectations. E. g. , owning a house: generational opportunities and challenges. E. g. , health care needs of aging population: your age (age of cohort) corresponds with vulnerabilities at certain life stages. E. g. , higher youth unemployment rates: age is a factor in accumulating advantages or disadvantages. Context: capitalism and industrialization transform family structure as well as social values and knowledge, more fractured family ties less economic security with retirement, less social status and respect=age related inequality more of a dimension within the experience of aging. Justified as reason limits in the interest of safety and collective good. Controversial omar khadr case; child solider or war criminal: but social norms and expectations influence possibilities and experiences in age related ways.