Social Inequality in Society

Shower = $17$ gallons Washing machine (per load) = $19$ gallons Collecting water (average time) = $200$ million hours Not specified = No water usage

Empowering women = Critical to solving the water crisis Lack of water and sanitation = Locks women in a cycle of poverty Women's traditional roles = Limited by time spent collecting water Household income = Increased when women have access to safe water

Collecting water = Takes time away from work, school, and family care Access to safe water = Allows women to pursue activities beyond traditional roles Water crisis = Disproportionately affects women Time spent collecting water = Reduces household income

<p>Structural factors = Inequality at the level of society Relationality = Inequality at the level of the subject Life experience = How people live with the effects of social structures Occupying the margins = How individuals measure their own social chances</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Inequality at the level of society = Structural factors Inequality at the level of the subject = Relationality and occupying the margins How do people live with the effects of social structures = Life experience and construction of self Struggle = Individuals measure their own social chances</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Health inequalities = Exist across different countries and organizations Health indicators = Used to study health inequalities Reviewing health indicators = Helps understand how to overcome health inequalities Water footprint = Not directly related to health</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Running the washing machine = Between 5 and 6 loads per week Taking a shower = Not specified Collecting water = Not specified Using a dishwasher = Not mentioned</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>How do people live with the effects of social structures = Understanding how people think about their social chances Inequality at the level of the subject = Understanding the construction of self Why do people struggle with social inequality = Understanding the relationality and occupying the margins What produces the reality of people's lives = Understanding the structural factors</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Inequality has been a hot topic for research for decades = Aart Kraay Social inequality is a structural issue = No author mentioned Social inequality is a relational issue = No author mentioned Social inequality is a personal issue = No author mentioned</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A day = Consider your water footprint A week = Run the washing machine 5-6 times Not specified = Collect water for household use Not applicable = Use a dishwasher</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Structural factors = Sociologists Relationality = No scholar mentioned Life experience and construction of self = No scholar mentioned Inequality at the level of society = Sociologists</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Social Inequality = Differences in income, resources, power and status within and between societies. Absolute Poverty = Lack of basic necessities like food, heat, accommodation and water Relative Poverty = The fact that some people lack those things which others in society take for granted Global Inequality = Inequality between nations</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Warwick-Booth = Author of 'Social Inequality: A Student's Guide' Milanovic = Calculated global inequality for the first time in the 1980s Naidoo and Wills = Researchers who explored social inequalities and divisions within national contexts Louise = Defined social inequality as differences in income, resources, power and status</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Financial Anxiety = Anticipating retirement years with worry Material Deprivation = Lack of access to basic necessities like food and water Social Isolation = Limited social connections and social life Moral Issue = Economic waste and moral concern</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Physical Health = Impact of poverty on access to healthcare services Mental Health = Impact of poverty on mental wellbeing Social Identity = Impact of poverty on one's self-perception Basic Necessities = Lack of access to essential services like vision, teeth, or hearing checks</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Economic Waste = Poverty as a waste of human resources and economic potential Moral Issue = Poverty as a concern for social justice and fairness Absolute Poverty = Poverty as a lack of basic necessities Relative Poverty = Poverty as a comparative lack of resources within a society</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Naidoo and Wills = Researched social inequalities and divisions within national contexts Milanovic = Calculated global inequality for the first time in the 1980s Warwick-Booth = Authored a student's guide to social inequality Louise = Defined social inequality as differences in income, resources, power and status</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>17th &amp; 18th Century = Poverty was perceived as a necessary evil to make the 'lower classes' work 19th Century = Poverty was perceived to result from 'fraud, indolence and improvidence' 20th Century = Poverty was seen as caused by structural factors such as unemployment, sickness, etc. 21st Century = Poverty is seen as a violation of human basic rights</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Indigence = Want of or deficiency in some property, quality, or ingredient Destitution = Smallness of amount or scarcity of resources Dearth = Lack or scarcity of something Want = Having little or no wealth or material possessions</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Welfare State = 20th Century Full employment for long-term economic well-being = 20th Century Providing safety nets to alleviate poverty = 20th Century Poverty as a human basic right = 21st Century</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Market income poverty = Having little or no wealth Freedom from poverty and hunger = A human basic right Structural factors = Causes of poverty such as unemployment, sickness, etc. Regrettable but necessary evil = Poverty as a means to make the 'lower classes' work</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>David Gordoan = Policy context, 2019 OED = Defining concepts of poverty from the 14th century onward Unknown = Perceiving poverty as a result of fraud, indolence and improvidence in the 19th century</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The condition of having little or no wealth or material possessions = Poverty The condition of being poorly supplied with something = Deficiency The condition of yielding little or being unproductive = Dearth Lack of or absence of something = Scarcity</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Social inequality = differences in income, resources, power and status within and between societies Global inequality = situations where income, wealth, and other valued resources are distributed unequally across countries Inequality = complex, multi-dimensional, problematic, contested, political, underpinned with moral issues and concerns Poverty = lack of access to basic necessities like food, water, and shelter</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Marx = theorized the role of land ownership in social inequality Unknown = studied the distribution of income, wealth, and other valued resources across countries</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Roman Empire = used slaves Feudal systems = operated with serfs working the land while kings owned it Industrial Revolution = changed the structure of society and the basis on which wealth was created Modern Era = characterized by social inequality related to income, resources, power and status</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Power = access to social goods linked to... Religion = factor influencing social inequality Kinship = factor influencing social inequality Prestige = factor influencing social inequality</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Global inequality = refers to situations where income, wealth, and other valued resources are distributed unequally across countries Social inequality = occurs when resources in each society are distributed unevenly Poverty = results from unequal access to basic necessities Inequality = is complex, multi-dimensional, problematic, contested, political, underpinned with moral issues and concerns</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Race = factor influencing social inequality Ethnicity = factor influencing social inequality Gender = factor influencing social inequality Age = factor influencing social inequality</p> Signup and view all the answers