Health Sciences 1002A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Food Security, Edwin Chadwick, Ruling Class

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 1002A/B
• Professor: Jessica Polzer

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Chapter 4 class, health inequality, and social justice. Class a position in a system of structured inequality based on the unequal distribution of power, wealth, income, and status. People who share a class position typically share similar life chances. We(cid:271)e(cid:396) a(cid:374)d ma(cid:396)(cid:454)(cid:859)s (cid:271)elie(cid:448)ed that e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) i(cid:374)e(cid:395)ualities in class were central in explaining a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual(cid:859)s life (cid:272)ha(cid:374)(cid:272)es. Members of the upper class own the means of production and/or controls the labour process. The middle class includes workers who have more control over the work process than those in the working class. The third class have little control over the work process. The gap between the rich in the poor in canada continues to increase while the rich become richer, the poor become poorer. A frequently used indicator of class inequality is income distribution. One way for governments to redistribute income so as to increase equality it through taxation and transfer payments, such as unemployment insurance, social assistance, and pensions.