SOCY 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Culture Industry, Plastic Surgery, American Legislative Exchange Council
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Stratification (7) and poverty (10) chapters & lectures. Stratification describes systematic inequalities among groups of people that occur due to unintended consequences of social processes/relationships. Fits well w/ karl marx"s notion of the physical reproduction of labor. Gautreaux vs. housing authority gautreauz took place in a class-action lawsuit that alleged public housing was serving as de facto government-sponsored segregation; the case itself dragged out for 10 years before going to supreme court. Residents settled suit with dept. of housing and urban development (hud) government took a new social experiment and est housing voucher plan for families in. Changing trends in country"s economy poor education. High divorce rate feminization of poverty. Political institutions not able to protect the weak through collective bargaining, welfare state transfers, and universal public services. Material deprivation of low socioeconomic status poor nutrition, lack of adequate medical care, and unsafe environments.
