PPT-Class and Social Inequality

Academic Communication for Health and Social Care Bernhard Wagner bwagnermmuacuk Structure Bourdieus forms of capital Exercise Capitals and difference Bourdieus habitus concept. Dr Carlie Goldsmith . Aims of the workshop . Introduce you to academic debates on social inequality. . Examine rates of income and wealth inequality in Britain and comparatively. . Examine evidence that shows how the size of the gaps in income affects social life, and in particular the prevalence of social problems. . Fields. of . Inequality. Göran Therborn. University of . Cambridge. University of . Helsinki. 11.9.2013. From . Differences. to . Inequalities. In . pre-modern. . times. . there. . was. no . inequality. Reflections . from. a South Asian Experience. DSA Conference. November 2013. Introduction. Reflections . from. South Asia. Thus reflecting upon post-industrial as well as post-agrarian societies, using UK as a proxy. : THE . ENEMY BETWEEN US. Source: Wilkinson & Pickett, The Spirit Level (2009). Lerwick. , Shetland Islands 2/09/2014. Maddy. Power. from. The Equality Trust. The Equality Trust . is an independent, evidence-based campaign . Income inequality & social dysfunction. Richard . Wilkinson . Emeritus Professor of Social . Epidemiology. University of Nottingham Medical School. Life expectancy and GDP per person. www.equalitytrust.org.uk. Ch. 7. I began to see a trend of articles like this one around the recession and shortly after. Ask yourself, why do people play the lotto? What kind of people play the lotto (do rich billionaires play it for example, or working/poor classes? Think critically - if there is a spike in sales of lotto tickets, what does that say about the economy, about society, about people? Desperate? Hopeful? . Dr Max Price. Vice-Chancellor. University of Cape Town. OUTLINE. Examine trends post-apartheid (since 1994). Income inequality. Overall, by race, by gender. Poverty . Overall, by race, by gender. Composition of income and impact of social grants. Poverty & Inequality. March 7, 2017. Recapitulation:. THREE APPROACHES TO CLASS. Class concept. Key. Idea. Individual attributes. One person’s class position does not affect. anyone else’s. ADAM GAMORAN. William T. Grant Foundation. Founded in 1936. . Committed . to . understanding human . behavior through research. . The most . pressing challenges confronting young people change over time.. A system society uses to rank its citizens into a hierarchy (rank) of classes. Exist in every human society and culture. Unequal distribution of society’s rewards. Examples. Estate System (Feudal Europe). class. and . status. How popular myths about . human nature . and . capabilities. are used to justify inequality. How we can tackle inequality and why it is vital we do so if we are to make the . transition to sustainable wellbeing. Blane. Harding. University of Kansas. Change can be good. !!!. We believe college can be a reality for everyone, no matter your income or background. It's a matter of finding good information, the right people to help and planning wisely.. Jacob Conley. Background. The early days of the COVID-19 pandemic saw the emergence of a new class structure defined by the inequal distribution of risk between face-to-face and professional workers. Inequality. Göran Therborn. University of . Cambridge. University of . Helsinki. 11.9.2013. From . Differences. to . Inequalities. In . pre-modern. . times. . there. . was. no . inequality. There.