SOC260 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Old Age Security, Welfare, Racialization
13 Dec 2018
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Cage(s) and the state: gis (guaranteed income supplement) Criticisms: generalizes the experiences of white european men as representative of the general citizenship process, but this doesn"t represent the experience of most other groups, walby, e. g. women and children in some areas face difficulties getting citizenship. Degrees" of citizenry: marshall"s conceptualization is useful in studying how portions of citizenship were given out to different groups @ different times in history. Immigration policies in the past have favoured workers that can be exploited more easily: through vulnerability of their citizenship (don"t want to lose citizenship) and racism. Lean citizenship : there"s been a move from rights-based" concepts of citizenship obligation-centered" notions (employment signifies active citizenship = deserving of rights, creates this obligation to contribute to society by working, e. g. Isn"t much training or education for those on welfare just take advantage of their labour but don"t actually help them be more able to get a better job.
