DOC PREVIEW
Purdue SOC 10000 - Income Ineqaulity
Type Lecture Note
Pages 2

This preview shows page 1 out of 2 pages.

Save
View full document
View full document
Premium Document
Do you want full access? Go Premium and unlock all 2 pages.
Access to all documents
Download any document
Ad free experience
Premium Document
Do you want full access? Go Premium and unlock all 2 pages.
Access to all documents
Download any document
Ad free experience

Unformatted text preview:

Soc 100 1st Edition Lecture 12Outline of Last Lecture II. StratificationIII. InequalityIV. Forms of StratificationOutline of Current Lecture V. Income inequalitiesVI. American DreamVII. Myths about the poorCurrent LecturePatterns of income inequalities- 1974- the top 20th of households earned 9.8 times more than the bottom 5th- 2001- the top 20th earned more than half of the nation’s income- 2012- top 10% took home fore than half of the national incomeo Top 1% took home more than 20 percent of national income alone- The rich have been getting richer, the middle-income earners and the poor have been getting poorerGlobal inequality- 1/5 of the world’s population lacks shelter- More than 1/5 lacks safe water- 1/3 of the world’s people are without elecrity- More than 2/5 lack adequate sanitation- There are still about 27 million slaves in Mozambique, Sudan, and other African countries- Global inequality has increased dramatically in the past 500 yearsThe “American Dream”- We are all taught that if we woerk hard and persevere, we can become anything- We can become one of those millionaries- We are striving for vertical social mobilityo Movement up or down the stratification systemThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute. Keep in mind that that in these uncertain economic times, there are a large number of people moving down the stratification systemSocial mobility- The movement be/t different positions within a system of social stratification in any given society, can be either horizontal or vertical and can take place on the individual or group level- Structural mobility= that is inevitable from changes in the economy, such as the expansion of high-tech jobs in the past 20 years- Exchange mobility= occurs when people essentially trade positions- the number of overall jobs stays the same, with some people moving up into better jobs and others moving down into worse onesPoverty threshold- Is set at three times the cost of an economy food budget and adjusted for:o Number of people in the householdo Annual inflation rateo Whether adult householders are younger than 65Myths about the poor- Poor people are trapped in povertyo Only 12% of the poor remain poor 5 or more years in a row- Welfare encourages married women with children to divorce so they can collect welfare,and it encourages single women on welfare to have more childreno Women on welfare have a lower birthrate than women in the general populationo Welfare payments are very low and recipients suffer severe economic hardship- Welfare is a strain on the federal budgeto “Means-tested” welfare programs require recipients to meet an income test to qualifyo Such programs accounted for only 6% percent of the federal budget in


View Full Document
Download Income Ineqaulity
Our administrator received your request to download this document. We will send you the file to your email shortly.
Loading Unlocking...
Login

Join to view Income Ineqaulity and access 3M+ class-specific study document.

or
We will never post anything without your permission.
Don't have an account?
Sign Up

Join to view Income Ineqaulity 2 2 and access 3M+ class-specific study document.

or

By creating an account you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms Of Use

Already a member?