SOCIOL 3AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: The Takeaway
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Process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class taste. No longer easy to deal, get away w. crime. The few who do work have little job security. Shift in economy from manufacturing to service-based. What kinds of jobs are available to them. Low skill jobs that require little training no upward mobility. Jobs is bc of social networks informal networking. Someone knows a guy who knows a guy . Fraught w. danger but may provide more dignity. The promise of power and self-actualization (slick, p 179) Violent crimes tied to their identities as white men. Most have children - some with multiple partners. Few achieved their dreams of the nice life, steady job, nice house. Most found the traditional transitions to adulthood too difficult or beyond their reach. Most employed in service sector of economy. Their achievement ideology didn"t work esp in a recessionary economy. Even when employed & have success .
