SOC 0831 Study Guide - Final Guide: The Sociological Imagination, Human Capital, Racialization
15 Dec 2017
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Immigration and the american dream final exam notes. The sociological imagination: what they need/ what they feel they need is a quality of mind. It will help them use info and develop reason to help them figure out what is actually going on in the world/in themselves. Ethnicity: cultural values and norms that distinguish the members of a given group from others. Race: differences in human physical characteristics used to categorize large numbers of individuals. Racialization: the process by which understanding of race are used to classify individuals or groups of people. Racism: attributing superiority or inferiority to a population and their certain inherited physical characteristics. Flow from labor abundant to labor scarce countries. Segmented labor market theory: pull only based on structural inflation. The problem of making bottom-level jobs attractive. Wages must be increased proportionally throughout job hierarchy. Ethnic economy as the third employment sector. Social capital theory: a set of intangible resources in families and communities.
