SOC 271 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Welfare Queen, Control Theory, Savings Account
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Soc271 lecture 13 - subcultures of poverty (continued) and control theory. Government benefits are given only for survival. Does not support option for saving up money. Government funds (such as childcare, medicare, welfare etc) are reduced if individual has savings account. Reduced motivation for those living off of government funds to save money. Welfare queen : someone living off of government funds. With no desire or effort to change the situation, such as starting work. Banfield"s the unholy city book and theory (continued) Used no data, research or any sort of evidence. Only got published and famous because was published in popular media. Revered, used as basis for much welfare changes. Murray theorized that reason for rising poverty rates in usa, is increasing welfare payments. Because give so much, that people become dependent and stop working. What he didn"t account for is inflation. Prior to welfare, had two kinds of poverty: People who could work but did not.
