SWP 335 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Class Conflict

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SWP 335
• Professor: Ken Moffatt

Document Summary

Park in the lower-east side of new york. Has become a symbolic sight of class struggle. The park used to be in a neighborhood called. Big immigrant population, artists, queer population etc. The resistance and struggle of people in the lower-east side underdeveloped, high crime rates, low rent, lower. (cid:498)gentrification(cid:499) an area in a city that is class, limited resources then, upper class people move in and start (cid:498)cleaning up(cid:499) the neighborhood so they can raise its value and make it (cid:494)the spot(cid:495) to live, Exists at all levels global, societal, institutional, making it more unaffordable interpersonal, family life. Each power influences another, does not operate on its own. In some cases, one form of power dominates another. Ex levels interact: abusive father= family life, however, he may be influenced by another community to express this behavior such as a group of friends outside the home who believe in expressing power through a violent context.