HECOL300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Population Ageing, Gender Role
5 Apr 2016
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Social contact is the physical and social string in which people love and interact. Attitudes, beliefs and values of members in society. Changing: culture (immigration), age (longevity + lower birth rates), gender role attitudes, employment (women"s lfp) Increased immigration from minorities, not increased immigration in general though. Canadian values: freedom, respect for cultural di erences, social justice, democracy, equality, peace, law and order, shared responsibility. But also similarities (cultural mashup, global understandings or standards or conduct) People are living longer, less are being born. Places the government puts its money is going to change. Shapes and individual goals, values, perceptions and believes (and so societal and policy goals, values, perceptions and beliefs. Sacri ces made to economy to protect the environment. Represents the social reality within which policy decisions are made. Reality policy makers have to deal with in determining canadians need. Give rise to social policy issues that we expect policy makers to deal with.
