CHYS 1F90 Lecture Notes - Meritocracy, Infant Mortality, Concerted Cultivation
7 Mar 2013
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If yes, yes, yes, then you can hand it in! There are various overlapping but distinct definitions of class. Class-based inequality is a feature of our society and has a significant impact on young people"s lives. Cultural capital suggests hidden forms of class inequality. Differences in wealth: money and valuable goods a person or family controls minus outstanding debt (macionis 259). Class as occupation, with a focus on income. Ii/ inequality in canada: ideology of classlessness: idea that class not relevant but really it is. Since 1980 top earnings up by 16. 4%, lowest falling by 20. 6% Net worth of those with income over 000 up 15. 2% since 1999. Net worth of those with income 000 - 000 down 21. 2% since. About 1 in 10 children in poverty (2008, after-tax income) Children and youth 38% of food bank users but only 20% of the population. Indigenous peoples: 1 in 4 children in poverty.
