Class Poverty Happy Halloween Your Class What is

Class & Poverty Happy Halloween!

Your Class �What is your social class? �How do you know? �Tell a story about when and how your class position became apparent �How has your class affected your life chances to date? How do you see it affecting your life in the future?

$ = Development? Do Sociologists Ask? �Health �Education �Income �Safe and healthy environment Clean air, safe water �Employment opportunities �Crime �Lack of poverty Human development is the end—economic growth a means. (UN Human Development Report, 1996)

Poverty Do Sociologists Ask? �Absolute Not having resources to meet basic needs May result in starvation and/or death from preventable causes �Relative Income falls below poverty line of given country Inadequate standard of living relative to others in country May result in food insecurity, shortened life expectancy, higher mortality

Poverty is Concentrated Do Sociologists Ask? �Segregated communities �Concentrated poverty is on the rise http: //www. brookings. edu/research/papers/2011/11/0 3 -poverty-kneebone-nadeau-berube

Why do we have poverty? Do Sociologists Ask? Reproduced over Time Structural Cultural Institutions Organizations Social Relationships Values, beliefs, norms, symbols, language Concentrated in Space

Structural Explanations Do Sociologists Ask? Macro Meso Micro Capitalism Recessions Economic Restructuring Global relations/food systems/War Schools, Religion, Prison, Eviction, Childcare Access, Job Discrimination, Segregation, Food aid stations Social Capital Divorce

Cultural Explanations Do Sociologists Ask? �Discrimination �Distrust �Subculture of defeatism Cool pose culture Is cool pose culture just a ghetto thing? �Structural and Cultural reinforce one another Repeated failures �Cultural Capital

For Next Week �Don’t forget to do quiz! �Topic: Gender and Sexuality Guest Speaker on Nov 5 Class activity on Nov 7, Posting Due Nov 12 �Draft of Sociological Autobiography Due Nov 11