SOC 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Working Poor, Pierre Bourdieu
20 Oct 2016
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It is possible to move up or down (from middle class to upper class or vice versa) Intergeneration mobility movement from generation (children do better or worse than you do) Intrageneration mobility moving up or down in the same generation. Exchange mobility in order for you to do better, there has to be someone who do worse. Structured mobility we all start off equal, then some do better while others do worse. *mu(cid:272)h (cid:373)ore likely if you"re (cid:271)or(cid:374) i(cid:374) the wealthy to stay wealthy than if you were born poor to become wealthy* *not a lot of downward social mobility, people generally stay where they were* Wealthy parents can make sure their children have every advantage in education, healthcare, physi(cid:272)al de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, et(cid:272) . Poor pare(cid:374)ts are(cid:374)"t a(cid:271)le to supple(cid:373)e(cid:374)t their (cid:272)hildre(cid:374) i(cid:374) su(cid:272)h (cid:449)ays. Conceptually we are talking about absolute poverty and relative poverty. 3 times the assumed cost of a nutritionally-adequate diet per person.
