POL214Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: The Affluent Society, Economic Mobility, Social Capital
8 Apr 2019
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6% in 2007 and 13% in 1983: the long-term unemployment rate is half of the oecd average, and one of the best in the world. Canadians: on-reserve aboriginals suffer as the reserves are far from major cities where the jobs are, only 40% of on-reserve aboriginals have completed high school. John porter on the corporate elite: operate as a social network that reproduces itself largely through self-recruitment, education at elite schools adds to what porter calls "social capital" Deliberate discrimination: the prejudice one person feels towards another becomes deliberate when this feeling is acted upon. Intent to treat members of a group in an unequal way. Systemic discrimination: favouring one group over another, ex, height and weight for certain jobs, may favour males more than females. Choice: ex, a status indian who chooses to stay on reserve will be faced with economic inequality for their choice to remain there, as employment opportunities are not high.
