Lecture 16 Outline of Last Lecture I Poverty II Measuring Poverty III Poverty and Other Systems of Stratification IV Chidren in Poverty V LBJ s War on Poverty VI Culture and Poverty VII How Culture Might Matter VIII Impacts of Poverty IX Poverty and Crime X How Does It Work XI How Culture Matters Outline of Current Lecture XII Overview XIII Global Indicators XIV Questions XV Why XVI Assumptions XVII Understanding Poverty XVIII Causes SOC 100 1st Edition XIX XX Optimism Summary Current Lecture I Overview a Poverty i condition of deprivation due to economic circumstances severe enough that the individual in this condition can t live with dignity in their society ii How Places Measure Poverty 1 Europe by median income 2 USA by food II Global Indicators a 1 2 billion live on 1 25 per day i came about by looking at 15 poorest countries b 1 2 billion lack access to electricity c 780 million lack access to water d 2 5 billion lack access to sanitation III Questions a b c d Why global poverty How do we understand it What causes global poverty Should we be optmistic about it IV Why a Moral Obligation i we who have so much should contribute to those who have so little b Self Interest i do more now to help people out so they don t be come a burden on us later on c Responsibility i alter structures of global economic power V Assumptions a universally measured b global policy prescriptions c role of global institutions d technical rather than politcal VI Understanding Poverty a narrow or broad i narrow don t have money ii broad way of life
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