SOC205H1 Lecture Notes - Zip Code, Consumer Capitalism, Urban Design
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Last class: we live where we live for sociological reasons; immigration, segregation, enclaves, ghettos. Public space: not really public they are managed, eg. mall. Ideas of certain area, presented by the media. Tell me someone"s zip code and i can predict what they eat, drink, drive even think . Income enclaves, broken down much more finely: homogeneous experiences. Easier for government and cooperation to control things and make things happen in certain way: no community centre in certain area. Immigration processes: chinese own corner store: discrimination practices no bank loans, and money to do their own thing. Where manufacturing moved out of city centres, often out of country. Gone from economies of production, to economies of consumption. Idea that individual nation/ state economies are increasingly bound up with others. Deregulation - international trade tariffs (taxes) changed to facilitate more trade btw more countries.
