Lecture 16Outline of Last Lecture I. PovertyII. Measuring PovertyIII. Poverty and Other Systems of StratificationIV. Chidren in PovertyV. LBJ’s War on Poverty VI. “Culture and Poverty”VII. How Culture Might MatterVIII. Impacts of PovertyIX. Poverty and CrimeX. How Does It WorkXI. How Culture MattersOutline of Current Lecture XII. OverviewXIII. Global IndicatorsXIV. QuestionsXV. Why?XVI. AssumptionsXVII. Understanding PovertyXVIII. CausesSOC 100 1st EditionXIX. Optimism?XX. SummaryCurrent LectureI. Overviewa. Povertyi. condition of deprivation due to economic circum-stances, severe enough that the individual in this condition can’t live with dignity in their societyii. How Places Measure Poverty:1. Europe: by median income2. USA: by foodII. Global Indicatorsa. 1.2 billion live on $1.25 per dayi. came about by looking at 15 poorest countriesb. 1.2 billion lack access to electricityc. 780 million lack access to waterd. 2.5 billion lack access to sanitationIII. Questionsa. Why global poverty?b. How do we understand it?c. What causes global poverty?d. Should we be optmistic about it?IV. Why?a. Moral Obligationi. we who have so much should contribute to those who have so littleb. Self Interesti. do more now to help people out so they don’t be-come a burden on us later onc. Responsibility i. alter structures of global economic powerV. Assumptionsa. universally measuredb. global policy prescriptionsc. role of global institutions d. technical rather than politcalVI. Understanding Povertya. narrow or broadi. narrow: don’t have moneyii. broad: way of
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