SOCIOL 3AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Civilian Conservation Corps, Job Corps, Spatial Mismatch
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Monday, october 26, 2015. Spatial mismatch: most available blue color jobs are outside the central cities. Poor urban residents can rarely afford reliable cars. Lack the social connections to be aware of job openings. Not enough low cost housing in suburbs to allow low-income people to follow job opportunities. High employment but poor neighborhoods have lower rates of crime and welfare use and lower rates of family dissolution. Low employment, poor neighborhoods, suffer from multiple forms of personal and social disorganization. Regular employment imposes a routine on daily life that is more consistent and disciplined than the routines required by ii. Formal employment as a form of personal organization. Regular employment imposes a routine on daily life that is more consistent and disciplined than the routines required by other forms of informal work. If work habits are lost or never learned, it becomes much harder for individuals to submit to the discipline of a regular work schedule.
