PLAN100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Single Person, Nuclear Family, Deindustrialization
13 Jan 2016
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Chapter 9 growing divisions: inequality, neighbourhood poverty, homelessness in. Growing unequal: trajectories of inequality: inequality began rising in early to mid1990s due to rising inequality among adults of working age as the level of inequality among those aged 65 and over continued to decline. Clear incline towards increasing social inequality in canada"s most globally connected cities (mtv), due to increasing poverty and to higher incomes for the wealthy. It is the growth of high incomes that is more responsible for household inequality. Since 1970s, housing with income passing 100 000 quadrupled from 3% to 16% despite the decreasing household sizes. In contrast, the proportion of household with middle class income has consistently declined. Produce services now have declining industrial sectors with weaker growing economies which reduced the number of those employed: globalization, immigration, neo-liberalism. Increase labour force bifurcation and polarization with jobs linked to international finance and producer services.
