SOC100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Social Mobility, Minority Group, Market Basket
27 Dec 2012
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Objective method: class viewed as statistical category based on occupation, income, etc. Prestige: respect and admiration that an occupation holds. Esteem: reputation a specific person has earned within an occupation. Neglect occupations and incomes of women as determinants of social rank. Should be classified on their occupational status, rather than spouse. Low income cut off: poverty line in canada. Market basket measure: more than subsistence needs by calculating the amounts needed by various households to live a life comparable to the standards of its community. Absolute poverty: minimum level of subsistence below which no family should be expected to live. Relative poverty: standard of deprivation by which people at the bottom of society live. Social safety net: initiatives designed to alleviate the harshest conditions associated with being at the bottom of the income scale. Underclass: blame the victims for their own plight, while ignoring other factors that push people into poverty. Presence of poor people, dirty work at low cost.
