Social Problems Chapter 2
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- 2005 poverty statistic:
- 12.6 % of the USA is poor
- income
- salary and investments
- Davis-Moore thesis
- "Wealth attracts people to become doctors!"
- social pathology
- Darwinism "Survival of the fittest makes some people awesome and some people worthless"
- poverty gap
- the difference between ACTUAL income and the poverty line
- social disorganization theory
- problems are from rapid changes in society
- wealth
- value of all economic assets, minus the debts
- social classes
- categories of people with similar resources
- Herbert Gans
- "We need the poor to do our crappy jobs!"
- social welfare program
- organized effort of the government to assist needy people
- social stratification
- heirarchy system
- Symbolic-interaction approach
- "Blame the victims for all our problems!"
- progressive taxation
- raises taxes as your income increases