SOC100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Economic Inequality, Anomie, Gini Coefficient

• School: UTSG
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC100H1
• Professor: Professor Tepperman

Document Summary

Inequality is rising in canada income inequality in canada has risen income inequality has risen far less than uk or us: 1980- letting businesses behave more freely. Europe: we regulate income inequality by, minimum wage, redistribute income done through taxes. Close to home: rising inequality and segregation have created three cities in the gta: city 1: increase of 20% or more, city 2: increase or decrease is less than 20, city 3: decrease of 20% or more. Wealth inequality: something separate from income inequality but related. Class inequality is about unequal wealth, income, and life chances. Therefore : refers to a large social group defined by persistent, shared economic, classes are groups with different relationships to the mean of production. In the weberian sense, class is determined by people"s market position in the. Professors are different from factory workers, managers, and owners economy.