Social Problems Midterm

Sex

Physical sexual characteristics

First 5 of the Seven subsystems of disparity and discrimination as discussed by Reskin in “The Race Discrimination System” (2012)

Residential/School Segregation, Education, Labor Market, Housing/Mortgage Markets, Credit/Consumption Markets,

Last 2 of the Seven subsystems of disparity and discrimination as discussed by Reskin in “The Race Discrimination System” (2012)

Health Services and Discipline, Incarceration and the Criminal Justice System

Best’s “Basic Natural History model of the social problems process.

Claimsmaking, Media Coverage, Public Reaction, Policymaking, Social Problems Work, Policy Outcomes

Explanations that Desmond gives in “Poverty, by America” (2023) for why America has not made progress in lowering its poverty rates.

Rich benefit from cheap labor, tax breaks, housing and financial exploitation, and race/class segregation.

Difference between Wealth and Income

Wealth is the total value of what you own (assets) and income is how much money you’re earning over a period of time

Five main factors that have contributed to greater economic inequality in the US.

Neoliberal economic policies, Globalization, Automation/new technologies, Decline of labor unions, Stagnant minimum wage

Neoliberal economic policies

economic marketplace free of gov regulations, stronger corporations and weakens workers and government influence

Globalization

world economy with few restrictions on trade, no regulation and oversight, corporations create goods in countries with low taxes, and minimal workers rights

Automation/new technologies

tech taking jobs from people

Decline of labor unions

Was around 20% in the 80’s, now 10% in 2021

Stagnant minimum wage

Fed. minimum wage hasn’t been raised since July 2009 at $7.25

Pick a topic/research question, Literature review, What data would work best, How to collect data, Collect and analyze data, Write up findings

Steps in the social scientific research process.

Four main ways that prisons generate inequality as discussed by Wakefield and Uggen in “Incarceration and stratification” (2010).

Removal from Education and the Labor Market, Health Inequality, Family Disruption, Removal from Politics and Civic Life

Sex Category

male/female//heterosexual/homosexual etc

gender

a social construct and is something you “do” rather than “are”