This document discusses key concepts related to social structure, social groups, and social stratification. It defines society as a group of people who share culture and territory. Social structure refers to typical patterns of relationships that guide and limit behavior. Social stratification ranks people in a hierarchy based on factors like status, power, and wealth. Social classes are groups of people who have similar property, power, and prestige. The document also discusses types of social groups like ethnic groups, and the consequences of social class on factors such as family life, education, and religion.
THE IMPORTANCE OF RACE AND ETHNICITY. University level presentation, Master in Education, University of Auckland. About authors and the 2013 study, what is race, what is ethnicity, ethnicity stereotypes, Tajfel Social Identity Theory 1981, racial ethnic identity (REI).
Australia is made up of people from various ethnic and racial backgrounds. However, despite the diversity in the racial ethnicity that exist among the people here, there are two major divisions that are used to define or classify these differences that exist. A person may be classified as either Indigenous or non-indigenous. This classification is made on the basis of one’s origin and physical attributes or origin. Despite the division that one belongs to, there are a number of advantages and disadvantages that either of these group faces (Milness, 2001 p.44).Considering that the world has evolved and people in this century have adopted modern civilization, there are silent voices among the two groups that claim that the two groups have concerning their identity. These concerns are based on the claims that the non-indigenous people define and identify the indigenous people basing on racial grounds.
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Media Library
CHAPTER 7 Media Library
AUDIO
Inequality and the Economic Crisis
Hollywood’s American Dream
VIDEO
John Oliver on Income Inequality & Wealth
Perceptions of Wealth Inequality
Income Mobility
Economic Inequality
CQ RESEARCHER
Income Inequality
PACIFIC STANDARD MAGAZINE
Structural inequality and parental income
JOURNAL
Racial Stratification and Inequality
Higher Education and Income
Race and Desserts
Typology of American Poverty
p.155
IN THIS CHAPTER
Stratification in Traditional and Modern Societies
Sociological Building Blocks of Stratification and Social Class
Class and Inequality in the United States: Dimensions and Trends
The Problem of Neighborhood Poverty
Why Do Stratification and Poverty Exist and Persist in Class Societies?
Why Study Inequality?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
1. How equal or unequal is the distribution of income in the United States? What factors help explain income inequality?
2. What explains the existence and persistence of widespread poverty in the United States, one of the richest countries on earth?
3. Should the minimum wage be raised? What would be the costs of such an increase? What would be the benefits?
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POVERTY AND PROSPERITY IN THE UNITED STATES
Melanie Stetson Freeman / Contributor/Getty Images
An article in a recent issue of Bloomberg Markets that reported on a growing demand among investors for trailer park properties in the United States profiled one such investor:
When Dan Weissman worked at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and, later, at a hedge fund, he didn’t have to worry about methamphetamine addicts chasing his employees with metal pipes. Or SWAT teams barging into his workplace looking for arsonists.
Both things have happened since he left Wall Street and bought five mobile home parks: four in Texas and one in Indiana. Yet he says he’s never been so relaxed in his life....
[He] attributes his newfound calm to the supply-demand equation in the trailer park industry. With more of the U.S. middle class sliding into poverty and many towns banning new trailer parks, enterprising owners are getting rich renting the concrete pads and surrounding dirt on which residents park their homes.
“The greatest part of the business is that we go to sleep at night not ever worrying about demand for our product.... It’s the best decision I’ve ever made.” (Effinger & Burton, 2014)
The decline of the U.S. middle class has wrought substantial consequences for millions of families. It has also, as the Bloomberg article suggests, opened new opportunities for others, including members of the upper class. The economic position of the middle class, particularly its less educated fraction, has been slowly declining since the 1970s, a process accelerated by the economic recession of 2007–2010, the effects of which are still felt in many families and co.
INTRODUCTION, Definitions, Origin, Causes, Characteristics, IMPACTS OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION, FORMS OF STRATIFICATION, Health Sector, Education, Bounds Individual Actions, Specification of Social Roles, Societal laws, Whom Will Live Or Die, The Slavery System, The Estate System, The Caste System, The Class System, Structural-Functionalist Perspectives, Social-Conflict Perspectives, Multidimensional Perspectives, SOCIAL MOBILITY, Horizontal mobility, VERTICAL MOBILITY, Intragenerational mobility, Intergenerational mobility, Structural mobility, Positional mobility
THE IMPORTANCE OF RACE AND ETHNICITY. University level presentation, Master in Education, University of Auckland. About authors and the 2013 study, what is race, what is ethnicity, ethnicity stereotypes, Tajfel Social Identity Theory 1981, racial ethnic identity (REI).
Australia is made up of people from various ethnic and racial backgrounds. However, despite the diversity in the racial ethnicity that exist among the people here, there are two major divisions that are used to define or classify these differences that exist. A person may be classified as either Indigenous or non-indigenous. This classification is made on the basis of one’s origin and physical attributes or origin. Despite the division that one belongs to, there are a number of advantages and disadvantages that either of these group faces (Milness, 2001 p.44).Considering that the world has evolved and people in this century have adopted modern civilization, there are silent voices among the two groups that claim that the two groups have concerning their identity. These concerns are based on the claims that the non-indigenous people define and identify the indigenous people basing on racial grounds.
7SOCIAL CLASS ANDINEQUALITY IN THEUNITED STATES Discover.docxalinainglis
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SOCIAL CLASS AND
INEQUALITY IN THE
UNITED STATES
Discover Sociology 2E Custom Interactive E-book Edition William J. Chambliss, Daina Eglitis
Media Library
CHAPTER 7 Media Library
AUDIO
Inequality and the Economic Crisis
Hollywood’s American Dream
VIDEO
John Oliver on Income Inequality & Wealth
Perceptions of Wealth Inequality
Income Mobility
Economic Inequality
CQ RESEARCHER
Income Inequality
PACIFIC STANDARD MAGAZINE
Structural inequality and parental income
JOURNAL
Racial Stratification and Inequality
Higher Education and Income
Race and Desserts
Typology of American Poverty
p.155
IN THIS CHAPTER
Stratification in Traditional and Modern Societies
Sociological Building Blocks of Stratification and Social Class
Class and Inequality in the United States: Dimensions and Trends
The Problem of Neighborhood Poverty
Why Do Stratification and Poverty Exist and Persist in Class Societies?
Why Study Inequality?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
1. How equal or unequal is the distribution of income in the United States? What factors help explain income inequality?
2. What explains the existence and persistence of widespread poverty in the United States, one of the richest countries on earth?
3. Should the minimum wage be raised? What would be the costs of such an increase? What would be the benefits?
p.156
POVERTY AND PROSPERITY IN THE UNITED STATES
Melanie Stetson Freeman / Contributor/Getty Images
An article in a recent issue of Bloomberg Markets that reported on a growing demand among investors for trailer park properties in the United States profiled one such investor:
When Dan Weissman worked at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and, later, at a hedge fund, he didn’t have to worry about methamphetamine addicts chasing his employees with metal pipes. Or SWAT teams barging into his workplace looking for arsonists.
Both things have happened since he left Wall Street and bought five mobile home parks: four in Texas and one in Indiana. Yet he says he’s never been so relaxed in his life....
[He] attributes his newfound calm to the supply-demand equation in the trailer park industry. With more of the U.S. middle class sliding into poverty and many towns banning new trailer parks, enterprising owners are getting rich renting the concrete pads and surrounding dirt on which residents park their homes.
“The greatest part of the business is that we go to sleep at night not ever worrying about demand for our product.... It’s the best decision I’ve ever made.” (Effinger & Burton, 2014)
The decline of the U.S. middle class has wrought substantial consequences for millions of families. It has also, as the Bloomberg article suggests, opened new opportunities for others, including members of the upper class. The economic position of the middle class, particularly its less educated fraction, has been slowly declining since the 1970s, a process accelerated by the economic recession of 2007–2010, the effects of which are still felt in many families and co.
INTRODUCTION, Definitions, Origin, Causes, Characteristics, IMPACTS OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION, FORMS OF STRATIFICATION, Health Sector, Education, Bounds Individual Actions, Specification of Social Roles, Societal laws, Whom Will Live Or Die, The Slavery System, The Estate System, The Caste System, The Class System, Structural-Functionalist Perspectives, Social-Conflict Perspectives, Multidimensional Perspectives, SOCIAL MOBILITY, Horizontal mobility, VERTICAL MOBILITY, Intragenerational mobility, Intergenerational mobility, Structural mobility, Positional mobility
Social Stratification: Class, Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and SexChristina Sookdeo
Defining social stratification and discussing it's most common divisions such as race, class, gender, ethnicity, and sex. Also looks at the impact each has on education.
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Assignment Four – Essay Questions
Follow the instructions for the Assignment One Essay Questions.
1. Describe the different functions of political parties in our system. Contrast the two major parties in the US today – you should go to their respective websites to get this information.
2. Explain the direct and indirect techniques used by interest groups.
3. Explain the different incentives Americans have for joining interest groups. What are the types of interest groups that people join? Think about your future career goals or interests and research and find an interest group that you believe that you would to join after college. Go to their website and summarize what you found out about that interest group.
4. Explain how the Electoral College works, the situations in which it has produced controversial results, and the criticisms leveled against it.
5. Given that there are over 200,000 public school teachers and administrators in Texas, discuss the failure of groups representing teachers to have a greater impact on the major issues affecting education. Explain how teachers might gain greater influence on the political process in Texas in the future.
6. The Texas legislature is meeting right now and by the time you are ready to work on this assignment, many bills will be introduced. Go to the Texas legislature website and choose a bill in either the House of Representatives or the Senate that deals with either public education or higher education and research the bill. Find out the basic premise of the bill and what has happened with the bill. Summarize your findings, i.e. who introduced the bill? What is the wording of the bill? Has it been to committee? Which committee? Has it been to the floor for a vote? Has it been to the other house?
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Across time and social change, the shape our choice of a partner have
changed with the times. Marriage choice in primitive societies and other
preindustrial forms was based upon endogamy. Exogamy can only become
widespread with the emergence of more sophisticated communication and
transportation technologies. The first groups of people to marry outside of
their immediate surroundings were the nobility. In fact, they have been
called the first group to have “elaborated” personalities. They had access to
the highest culture of their times. Even Greek society had people who were
leaders with systematic advantages and they came from the privileged group
called “citizens.” They learned to read and write, were literate, they had
access to the music (Mozart, Bach, etc. were court musicians), they could
travel form place to place and country to country, etc. As a result, and
because they wanted to keep the power they had, they would marry other
members of the nobility but often ones from other countries in order to form
alliances with those countries. Their marriages were based on political goals
rather than romantic ones. This, of course, ...
Race and ethnicity are used to categorize certain sections of the population. In basic terms, race describes physical traits, and ethnicity refers to cultural identification. Race may also be identified as something you inherit while ethnicity is something you learn.
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THE IMPACTS OF SOCIAL CLASS 6
The Impacts of Social Class
LeDarrius Perry
Introduction
There is growing inequality of income distribution in the United States since the early 1980s (Savage & Mouncey, 2016). The income of the lower half and lower groups in the social class stagnated and continues to decline while the income of the top half increases. The income inequality forms the basis of social class as postulated by contemporary sociologists, such as Max Weber. Social class is defined as the level of a person’s education, income, and occupation. Social class influences the lives of individuals to a greater extent; the social class theories includes the Marx's theory and Weber's theory, while the categories of class include the upper, middle and the poor, and impacts of social class to an individual influences their physical health, mental health, family life, education, religion, politics, and crime.
Background
Social class is concerned with the differences in the economic status of people in a country. A close observer and researchers in the United States will be quick to note the big gap of possessions and living standards of living in the society. There is a huge variance in the access to social facilities such as health and educations across different people in the country. The variations of possessions and access to social facilities form the background of social classes and have a significant influence on a person's life. For example, statistics affirm that ten percent of children from the main developed countries live in poverty while in the United States the percentage is higher at twenty percent (Fiske & Markus, 2012). The differences in resources and thoughts lead to the concept of inequality, such as income inequality.
Social class is significant in the life of an individual. Sociologist Annette Lareau posits that social has a significant impact on families, particularly children. For example, a child growing up in a family of highly educated parents is likely to have more opportunities growing up than children coming from poor families. Children whose parents occupy higher paying jobs and holding higher degrees are more likely to obtain college degrees themselves; however, such opportunities are limited in poor neighborhoods (Fiske & Markus, 2012). Sociologist Annette Lareau introduced the concept of concerted cultivation which is a style of parenting focusing on enhancing the talents of children. For instance, top half of the social classes are likely to provide their children with opportunities such as extra tutoring and dancing lessons, while such resources are available to the poor.
Social Class Theories
One of the early social theories is Marx's social theory of class. Karl Marx argues that the sources of social classes and statuses in the society ids the mode of production (Lenski, 2013). According to Marx, each mode of production results to the different types of classes and.
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Kinship and Descent
This week we’ll begin to talk about the ways in which people organize themselves in
social terms. We have talked a little about the way that social groups are linked to culture, but in
the next two weeks we’ll look at the way in which people form groups. We’ve look at who you
marry, who you live with, who you work with. Because of the importance of kinship as a basic
structuring principle in most human societies, we’ll begin with that topic.
Descent Groups, Residence, Kinship calculation
Especially in non-industrial societies, kinship, descent, and marriage are basic social,
economic, and political building blocks. Kinship entails rights, obligations, affection, childcare,
and inheritance.
Kin groups are social units whose membership can be charted and whose activities can be
observed. When anthropologists first began to study non-western groups through participant
observation, they spent a great deal of time defining kinship groups and recording their activities.
If you’re interested in seeing the details of kinship charting and relationships, take at look at the
website of Brian Schwimmer at the University of Manitoba:
http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/anthropology/tutor/kinmenu.html
For the truly nerdy, see Alan MacFarlane’s lectures on kinship at YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdLAru7a9Wo
MacFarlane is very old school, British social anthropology. I think his lectures are great, but
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdLAru7a9Wo
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some may find them a little dry. They contain much more information than is needed for our
purposes.
The descent group is a basic kin group among non-industrial food producers. Unlike
families, descent groups last for generations. There are several types of descent groups, such as
lineages and clans. Some descent groups are patrilineal, reckoning descent through male lines
only. Some are matrilineal, tracing descent only through the female line.
The nuclear family is a kin group consisting of a married couple and their unmarried
children. Nuclear families are widespread among the world’s cultures, but there are alternatives.
Other social forms, such as extended families and descent groups, may supplement or even
replace the nuclear family. The nuclear family is most important in foraging and industrial
societies.
In addition to kin groups, anthropologists also investigate how people in different
societies define and calculate kinship. Kinship terminologies are ways of dividing up the world
of kin relationships on the basis of perceived differences and similarities. Although perceptions
and classifications vary among cultures, comparative research shows that there are actually only a
few ways of doing it.
Kinship: A definition
Kinship describes a social relationship in which two or more people consider themselves
to have a strong social bond. That bond can be established in two ways. There are relationships
of consanguinity.
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Complex Identities and Intersectionality
Unit Three
Learning Objectives
Be able to define race, ethnicity, social class, and sexual orientation.
Understand the theoretical concepts of “intersectionality”, “social location” , & “standpoint”.
Have a clear understanding of the ways in which oppressions are not “additive” but rather “multiples”
Be able to describe your own power/privileges
Know how stereotypes work in American society, including the ways in which they are perpetuated and some of their repercussions
Understand that everyone is vulnerable to their influence
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PART ONE:
What are race, class, and sexuality?
Understanding: Race
RACE: is social constructed category that divides people into groups based on visible physical characteristics such as skin color, eye shape, hair texture, etc.
Although race is related to the physical body, the meaning we give these superficial differences between us are entirely socially constructed. There are NO actual genetic differences between the various races.
Because race categories are socially constructed, they change over time. Which categories we measure, and how we measure them, shifts.
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Understanding: Ethnicity
Ethnicity: is a socially constructed category, a way of grouping people based on their shared culture, such as religion, language, and history.
The difference between “race” and “ethnicity” can be confusing. For example, “Asian American” is treated as a race, but “Chinese American” and “Japanese American” are treated as ethnicities because they have distinct languages and traditions.
In the United States, there is a great deal of pressure on ethnic minority groups to assimilate the norms, values, and characteristics of the majority ethnic group.
Race and Ethnicity in America
Different racial groups are just that– different. Even thought we often speak in terms of binaries (“minorities” verses “the majority”), it is important to realize that not all minority race and/or ethnic groups share the same characteristics, both between themselves and within themselves.
White Americans: white is a race!
Hispanic Americans
African Americans
Native Indigenous Americans
Asian Americans
Arab Americans
Multiracial
Racial and Ethnic Inequality
A commonality among those which are considered minority groups is the experience of inequality.
Inequalities are socially structured and thus can impact multiple aspects of an individual’s life– not just, for example, their ability to get a job.
Racism: the belief that the physical and cultural characteristics associated with a group of people are inferior and thus unequal treatment of the group and its members is justified.
Racism can occur at both the individual and institutional level.
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Race Impacts Life Chances in a Multitude of Ways
The process of Maintaining Inequality
A stereotype is developed and is circulated throughout a society via cultural channels such as popular media .
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2. Society – a group of people who share a culture and a
territory.
Social Structure – the framework or typical patterns
that surrounds us, consisting of the relationships of
people and groups to one another, which gives direction
to and sets limits on behavior such as its usual
relationships between men and women or students and
teachers.
The sociological significance of social structure is that
it guides our behavior.
Social stratification refers to a system by which a
society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy. In the
United States, it is perfectly clear that some groups
have greater status, power, and wealth than other
groups.
A social class (or, simply,
class), as in class society,
is a set of subjectively
defined concepts in the
social sciences and
political theory centered
on models of social
stratification in which
people are grouped into a
set of hierarchical social
categories, the most
common being the upper,
middle, and lower
classes.
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3. In the social sciences, a social group has been defined
as two or more people who interact with one another,
share similar characteristics, and collectively have a
sense of unity. Other theorists disagree however, and
are wary of definitions which stress the importance of
interdependence or objective similarity.
Researchers within the social identity tradition
generally define Social Group as "a group is defined in
terms of those who identify themselves as members of
the group". Regardless, social groups come in a myriad
of sizes and varieties. For example, a society can be
viewed as a large social group.
Social Class as a large group of people who rank closely
to one another in property, power, and prestige. These
three elements separate people into different lifestyles,
give them different chances in life, and provide them
with distinct ways of looking at the self and the world
1. Property – e.g. buildings, land,
stocks, bonds, businesses, bank
accounts, etc.
2. Power – the ability to get your
way, even over the resistance of
others .
Power Elite – C. Wright Mills’ term for the
top people in U.S corporations, military
and politics who make the nation’s major
decisions
3. Prestige - Respect or regard.
***Distinguish Between Wealth and
Income?
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4. Types of groups can
be identified:
An ethnic group or ethnicity is a category of people who identify
with each other based on similarities such as common ancestral,
language, social, cultural or national experiences. Unlike other
social groups (wealth, age, hobbies), ethnicity is often an
inherited status based on the society in which one lives. In some
cases, it can be adopted if a person moves into another society.
Membership of an ethnic group tends to be defined by a shared
cultural heritage, ancestry, origin myth, history, homeland,
language or dialect, symbolic systems such as religion,
mythology and ritual, cuisine, dressing style, art, and physical
appearance.
Ethnic groups, derived from the same historical founder
population, often continue to speak related languages and share
a similar gene pool. By way of language shift, acculturation,
adoption and religious conversion, it is sometimes possible for
individuals or groups to leave one ethnic group and become part
of another (except for ethnic groups emphasizing racial purity as
a key membership criterion).
1. Ethno-linguistic, emphasizing
shared language, dialect (and
possibly script) – example: Slavs
2. Ethno-national, emphasizing a
shared polity or sense of national
identity – example: Iraqis
3. Ethno-racial, emphasizing
shared physical appearance based
on genetic origins – example:
African Americans
4. Ethno-regional, emphasizing a
distinct local sense of belonging
stemming from relative
geographic isolation – example:
South Islanders
5. Ethno-religious, emphasizing
shared affiliation with a
particular religion, denomination
or sect – example: Sikhs
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5. Ethnicity is often used synonymously with ambiguous
terms such as nation or people. In English, it can also
have the connotation of something exotic, generally
related to cultures of more recent immigrants, who
arrived after the founding population of an area was
established.
The largest ethnic groups in modern times comprise
hundreds of millions of individuals (Han Chinese being
the largest), while the smallest are limited to a few
dozen individuals. Larger ethnic groups may be
subdivided into smaller sub-groups known variously as
tribes or clans, which over time may become separate
ethnic groups themselves due to endogamy or physical
isolation from the parent group. Conversely, formerly
separate ethnicities can merge to form a pan-ethnicity,
and may eventually merge into one single ethnicity.
Whether through division or amalgamation, the
formation of a separate ethnic identity is referred to as
ethnogenesis.
Race and ethnicity are
considered to be related
concepts. Ethnicity is
often assumed to be
somewhat more of a
cultural identity of a
group, often based on
shared ancestry,
language and cultural
tradition, while race is
assumed to be strictly a
biological classification,
based on DNA and bone
structure.
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6. Ramón Grosfoguel (University of California,
Berkeley) argues that 'racial/ethnic identity'
is one concept and that concepts of race and
ethnicity cannot be used as separate and
autonomous categories.
Before Weber, race and ethnicity were
primarily seen as two aspects of the same
thing. Around 1900 and before, the cultural
differences between peoples were seen as
being the result of inherited traits and
tendencies. With Weber's introduction of the
view of ethnicity as a social construct, race
and ethnicity became more divided from each
other.
1. Africa
2. Asia
3. Europe
4. North America
5. South America
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7. Consequence of Social Class:
1. Family life: social class plays makes a significant
difference in family life, in our choice of spouse, our
chances of getting divorced, and how we rear our
children.
2. Education – education increases as one goes up the
social class ladder. It is not just the amount of
education that changes, but also the type of
education. Children of the capitalist class bypass
public schools. They attend exclusive private
schools where they are trained to take a
commanding role in society.
3. Religion – social classes tend to cluster in different
denominations. E.g. Episcopalians – attract middle
and upper classes. Baptists draw heavily from the
lower class. MSU – prefer muslims. SU or BC –
prefer UCCP
Social class
1. Capitalist
2. Upper middle
3. Lower middle
4. Working
5. Working poor
6. Underclass
*** See table 10.5 for more details
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9. Social Effects:
LEDC's - Pressure on land as more people move in. Conflicts of
cultures from migrants can lead to civil wars. Pressure on medical
systems and schools.
MEDC's - Lack of skilled workers due to ageing populations.
Pressure on medical system.
Economic Effects:
LEDC's - Lack of money for services due to strain on government
MEDC's - Fewer people to work so higher taxes need to be paid to
cover costs of pensions and medical care.
Political Effects:
LEDC's - Government are not able to finance growing population
or provide work for them so informal sector becomes dominant
MEDC's - Government forced to charge people more taxes to
cover growing costs of an elderly population
Please check this YouTube for
your additional information
about effects of population:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CZ
5tfftAZ4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsB
T5EQt348
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10. Managing rapid population growth
A large population has many effects. It’s not always “the more the merrier”:
1. Social
Services like healthcare and education can’t cope with the rapid increase
Children have to work to help support their large families
There aren’t enough houses for everyone, so people are forced to live in makeshift houses
There are food shortages if the country can’t grow or import enough food
2. Economic
There aren’t enough jobs for the number of people in the country so unemployment rises
There’s increased poverty because more people are born into families that are already poor and have no jobs
More young people working means staff with short hours
3. Political
Most of the population is made up of young people so the government focuses on policies important to the young.
There are fewer older people so pensions become less important to the government
The government has to make policies to bring population growth under control
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11. David B. Brinkerhoff, et al “Essentials of Sociology” 9th edition
James M. Henslin, “Sociology” 10th edition.
Thank you…
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