POLB50Y3 Lecture : 2 Class Inequalities and Politics.docx
24 Apr 2012
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Over the two decades prior to the onset of the global economic crisis, real disposable household incomes increased by an average of 1. 7% a year in oecd countries. In a large majority of them, however, the household incomes of the richest 10% grew faster than those of the poorest 10%, so widening income inequality. Differences in the pace of income growth across household groups were particularly pronounced in some of the. In almost all industrialized societies in the western world, a primary focus of cleavage has been along social class lines and this cleavage has found expression and has frequently been augmented through the activities of class-based political parties. Canada is a notable exception to this generalization. Richest canadians" incomes several times as great as poorest canadians. Richest canadians" incomes growing faster than the national average; poorest. Government transfer programs and the social safety net. The good news: greater social mobility in canada. Bourgeoisie, proletariat, petite bourgeoisie, new middle class.
