SOC 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Individual And Group Rights, Nationstates
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The existence of law or legal system. Citizens-granted certain rights, privileges, but also have certain obligations and duties. Non-citizens: denied same rights and privileges as citizens (includes temporary or permanent residents) Ex: equal treatment in schools or workplace. Ex: voting, freedom of speech, ability to run for office. Ex: retirement, pensions, unemployment citizens are often referred to as welfare states. Nation-states that broadly provide social and economic welfare benefits for its. Social rights ensure social and economic security for citizens. However, in the us social welfare programs are shrinking rather than expanding due to wage competition and wavering national debt loans. Freedom house-evaluated freedom by measuring political rights and civil. Focus on liberties based on the electorate. Us voting procedures deny minority groups political voice. Durkheim: government translated shared values and interests into laws and. However, contemporary functionalist recognize that modern societies may lack policies consensus.
