Sociology SOC-R 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Ken Auletta, Social Darwinism, Individualism
20 Oct 2016
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Culture of poverty = the argument the poor people adopt certain practices that differ from those of middle-class society in order to adapt and survive in difficult economic circumstances: ex. Individualism = belief that people are responsible for his/her own success. Welfare = financial support given to people in need from the government: a notion that reliance on the government created a sense of helplessness and dependency, hindered the formal labor market. Perverse incentives= reward structures that lead to suboptimal outcomes by stimulating counterproductive behavior: ex. Welfare (to extent it discourages work efforts is argued to have perverse incentives) Social darwinism= structure of society and stratification were result of nature. Absolute poverty= the point at which a households income falls below the. Other important necessities needed: shelter, medical care, clothing and past assets and debts. Relative poor= measurement of poverty based on a percentage of the median income in a give location.
