SOCIOL 1A06 Study Guide - Final Guide: Local Food, World Trade Organization, Subprime Mortgage Crisis
10 Apr 2013
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Social significance of categories of race and ethnicity. Discrimination race and ethnicity as achieved statuses and as socially constructed race as a biological myth. 3 forms: based on racist ideas, institutional practices that were originally racist but no longer are, institutions that unintentionally restrict the chances of certain groups. New r: racism has taken on new forms (cultural differences as opposed to biological differences) Impact of nr is the same: unequal treatment. Black men - economic outcomes suggest persistent discrimination. Recent immigrants - poorer outcomes as compared to earlier waves of immigrants. Economic outcomes for recent immigrants & offers policy recommendations. Person centred-explanations structure centred explanations secularization vs persistence level of religiousity among canadians. Shrinking of world countries are interconnected politically, economically (wto, imf), culturally travel & migration communication space-time compression. Neo-liberal economic policy capitalism (overcapacity, taxes, global commodity chains, cultural imperialism) financial capital (casino capitalism) critique of neo-liberal economics: subprime mortgage crisis in us sets off global recession.
