SOC239H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: January 30, Neoliberalism, Individualism
21 Feb 2017
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How health of human beings are determined with non-medical factors. Where you are located: high or low income bracket. Equal importance of the location in social hierarchy. Class position has a direct link to health. When you are poor your health is affected. The gap between the rich and the poor. Methodological individualism:there are no societies in the world but only individuals, there are providing sources for individuals rather than the collective society to go up the social ladder. Government is not involved in the developmental plans. Un, world bank the gap between the rich and the poor has widen. Give money to high class and give jobs to lower class. But it has failed and it has not done it"s job. Age: longer you live the higher the susceptibility of illness. Gender: of male and female have different repercussions. Research done on men and it is generalized to women.
