SOSC 1375 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Unemployment Benefits, Working Poor, Neoliberalism
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Exam: saturday april 9th @7 tait mckenzie centre west. Missing economic rights, lack of economic rights is barrier to full citizenship: liberal emphasis on property rights over poverty rights. Charter guarantees certain rights but not others: idea of equality limited, abstract, no economic rights. Feminization of poverty the fact the women"s poverty is much more likely than men. 1. linked to neoliberalism: neoliberalism resulted in: Ex: health care, cuts to healthcare affect women more because they are less likely to have union jobs with benefits. Ex: employment insurance, limited only some people qualify for despite paying for it, women are most likely employed in temp, contract, flexible jobs which do not qualify. New flexible labor force -- work transformed into low paid, less secure, contractual and temporary work. Both of these factors mean that neoliberalism exacerbates the poverty of women.
