Kinesiology 2250A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Endless Quest, Upper Class, Disposable Camera
20 Dec 2017
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This is the last of the social determinants we are going to be covering social class. Overall assumption: people think that sports are open to everyone and that class inequality doesn"t exist. They think that everyone has the opportunity to participate (money), watch free sport television and that success in sport is just dependent on hard work and ability wrong. Class is related to issues like: class relations, economic power, class ideology canada is a meritocracy; this ideology of meritocracy is embedded in sport. Key outcomes: class has visibility, like poverty. Class, sport and resources: resources in the form of money and power influence what sports you play and when, where and how you play them, ex. If you don"t have the money, then you might not have the choices to play sports. Social class: categories of people who share an economic position based on a combination off their: Income: wealth, education (cultural capital, occupation, social connections (social capital)
