ADMJ 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Social Class, Social Stratification, Social Disorganization Theory
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The effects of changing cultural norms, social institutions and technology. The effect of socialization in family, and with peers. Unequal distribution of wealth, power and prestige. People who have similar wealth, values, attitudes, and lifestyle. Problems of housing, health care, family breakups, underemployment, despair. High levels of dropping out, teenage pregnancy. Immigrants and racial and ethnic minorities are more likely to be poor. More likely to be victims of crime. Unique values of lower class produces crime: social disorganization theory. Characteristics of disorganization: transient population, mixed-use neighbourhood, lack essential services, high unemployment, single-parent families, dependence on social assistance, substandard housing. Social institutions: have broken down, lack authority to control behaviour. Little sense of community: lack communication, can t pursue common goals. Response to rapid immigration and urban deterioration. Intergenerational cultural conflict value conflict leads to deviant goals, behaviour. Kids in transitional neighbourhoods: have deviant role models. Get into trouble with authorities (value conflict). Recruit new members, pass on delinquent traditions.
