SOCI 1001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Microsociology, Scapegoating
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The major one is a small but visible proportion of poor people involved in activities. Behavior patterns which concern the more fortunate classes are poverty-related. In times of high unemployment illegal and even legal immigration endangers job opportunities of native-born americans. Many think poor act as they do because of moral shortcomings that express themselves in lawlessness or in rejection of mainstream norms. Five sets of positive functions of the poor: microsocial, economic, normative-cultural, political, and macrosocial. Microsocial them or treat them as moral equals, reducing the risk of being hurt or angered by them which can be credibly ascribed to them. Many ex-cons become recidivists because they have no choice but to go back to criminal occupations. Makes room for immigrant workers who are more exploitable goods including drugs. Economic banishment and the reserve army of labor. People labeled as undeserving can be banished from labor markets, becoming.
