AN100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Pierre Bourdieu, Structural Violence, Environmental Disaster
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Outcomes of structural violence (refer to oct. 5 note for definition) Affects members of different social classes differently. Caused by: lack of work, wage gaps, discrimination, government policy, markets, climate change, poverty, food scarcity, hunger, malnourishment. Affects access to health care, education and natural resources etc. Many countries are failing to provide food for all their people. Why is this happening in the 21st century: increase in population, famine in some lands, environmental disaster. The biggest problem is the distribution of the goods: export of food. Artificial scarcity: to keep prices high. 1 % earn 10 x the amount of wages earned by average canadians. Top 20 % control 70 % of net worth. Richest 1 % owned 10. 6 % of canadas income. Median pay for ceos at largest 100 companies is 4. 1 million up from 1. 4 million toronto and calgary. Worldwide: richest 85 people own as much wealth as the poorest 3. 5 000 000.
