SOC 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Biopolitics, Symbolic Power, Social Forces
9 Jan 2020
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Sociologists believe that the way societies are organized and structured influences peoples daily experiences and life chances. Whats social factors impact health- economic status, where you live, Refers to social and economic factors that influence health or illness- place in society, such as income education or employment. Example- life expectancy in sierra leone is 44 years when in japan it is 75 years, 316 out of. 100,000 children die in sierra leone but only 4 out of 100,000 die in finland. Health inequity-unfair avoidable differences arising from poor governance, corruption, or cultural exclusion. --sierra leones life expectancy is due to inequity which leads to inequality. Medical care further legitimized by aligning it with science and business. Biopolitics- the strategies and mechanisms through which human life processes are managed under regimes of authority over knowledge,power. With public health, humans were being managed like cattle. Groups of people are given access to health based on social background.
