WK 2 READINGS ANALYSIS
CH 41 Poverty and the Great Recession:
Main idea: how poverty rate have evolved as the golden age
came to a close and as the great recession played out.
o Why the golden age end?
Labor-saving technology advancements
Globalization
WK 3 READINGS (TUES) family
CH 39: FAMILY Low Income Urban Fathers and the package deal of family
life (process of family formations) (not gonna ask in test)
Main: the function of the romantic tie for the father role departs radically
from the traditiona
WK 2 Poverty Intergreation theory
Ch 59: THEORETICAL OF DISCUSSION OF INTERGREATION THEORY
INTERGREATION THEORY: HOW MOBILITY CHANGES FOR ONE
NEXT GENERATION TO THE NEXT.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY: 2 values at the same (contradiction) okay
with inequality in th
WK 1 Stratification
SOCIAL STRATIFICATION:
o HOW PPl are in different levels in the social hierarchy.
o Access to benefits that come with certain types of jobs then
others (what factors in your life affect your opportunities)
o Status attainment: occupat
WK 2 READINGS ANALYSIS
CH 41 Poverty and the Great Recession:
OFFICIAL Poverty weight: LYDON B JOHNSON: 22%
Main idea: how poverty rate has evolved as the golden age came
to a close and as the great recession played out.
o Why the golden age end?
Labor
WK 3 THURSDAY READINGS EDUCATION
The WIDENING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT GAP BETWEEN THE RICH AND
POOR:
MAIN/QUESTION: How the relationship between family socioeconomic
characteristics and academic achievement has changed during the last 50
years.
Study: inve
WK 5 GENDER & Social Policy
CH 96: GETTING A JOB: IS THERE A MOTHERHOOD PENALTY:
o Main: General discrimination inequality in the workplace and the motherhood:
o Bigger pay gap between: women in the workforce and motherhood. Then
women and men in the work
