Property (and) crime

Knowledge and stories are reproduced by:

Leaders, media and are SO pervasive they become legitimized

Intersectionality

Mutually constitutive reciprocal relationship between identity categories and how those are reproduced through institutions, social structures, and interlocking systems of oppression

Intersectionality example

Not just abt being a woman, or just being indigenous, but being an indigenous woman as its own category

The four I’s of oppression

Ideology, internalized oppression, interpersonal oppression, institutional oppression (racism, sexism, classism)

Oppression can give rise to (2)

A sense of validation or a sense of insecurity

Awareness of interlocking systems of oppression

Who benefits? Who gets put down? (capitalism, neoliberalism, heteronormativity, ethnocentrism)

Capitalism prioritizes…

Private property — Econ and poli system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit

Neoliberal state is based on what assumption?

That deregulation, privatization of goods, and advancement of market-based solutions with limited state intervention form the ideal scenario for economic growth and societal well being

The neoliberal state favours…

Capitalism, deregulation and reduction in government spending

Characteristics of neoliberal state

Pro business, small state, limited regulation, limited social supports, willing to fund police, military and regulate unions

3 pillars of neoliberal capitalism

Deregulation, privatization, and tax cuts

Individual level of neoliberal capitalism

Free market, entrepreneurial logic, narrative of choice mobilized, social actors responsibilized — assumes level playing field, obscures context, makes structural inequity invisible — credit for success, blame for failure