SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Social Mobility, Cultural Capital, Social Capital
STRATIFICATION
WHY POVERTY??
- Absolute- no shelter, no food (basic needs)
- Relative- poor comparative to other people
LICO- Low Income Cut Offs
Poverty- Family structure, religion, education, employment status, immigrant status, social
networks, community supports (province rules)
- Also, economic cycles, socialization, and discrimination
Myths about poverty
- People are poor because they don't want to work
- Most poor people are immigrants
- Most poor people are trapped in poverty
- Poverty is inevitable
Facts about poverty
- Many are employed, some have disabilities, lack of affordable child care, low minimum
wage
- Only applies to recent immigrants
SOCIAL MOBILITY
- Upward or downward movement of individuals
Social mobility capital
- Human capital
- Cultural capital
- Social capital
Canada is a mobile society
Be skeptical about the information you find, anywhere.
TAC POLICY
- Keep people down, where they are
- Top earners are more likely to receive greater tax deductions and have reduced taxes
- Capital gains (income through investments)
No country is perfectly unequal.
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