Social mobility

Economic inequality in the distribution of wealth, income or expenditure is very harmful and serious problem for a community and government should take some necessary policies to tackle this. Measurable economic inequality can be explained by different families of inequality measures of which two are very popular and convenient – the Gini family and the SD-CV family. Inequality measures in any family may be of three types – relative measure of inequality, absolute measure of inequality and index…

The 1960s is known as a turbulent political decade in the United States. The advent of the Vietnam War gave rise to the wave of anti-war protests that challenged policies of the President Johnson administration and opposed a mandatory draft instituted at the time. The anti-war protests, in turn, fueled the student movement with teachers and students alike staging “teach-ins” to show their opposition to the war. At the same time, this decade saw the emergence of the civil rights movement with…

The second half of the 19th century was a period of significant change in American Cities. Industrialism, growing of labor unions, change in immigration Patters, growth in entertainment, development of political machines and bossism and significant changes in quality of life made the latter half of the 19th century full of dramatic growth, diversity and transformation of American Cities. The era of Reconstruction (1870) to the end of the 19th century, the United States underwent an economic…

Multiculturalism can be defined as multiple cultures living in the same country or community. It is usually used to describe constructed areas such as schools, neighborhoods, communities, and societies. Multiculturalism is also known as being culturally diverse. It is a way where different cultures are able to live together in a peaceful manner and where different cultures are respected. This can also encourage people to familiarize themselves and get to know about other cultures. Although many…

It provided readers insight to the reality of living in the new America during the early 1800’s. Many believe that after the Revolutionary War, the US displayed a constant upward mobility in society, which is not true, according to Rockman’s argument. The people of Baltimore struggled, scavenged, and toiled in order to survive. Rockman described his argument very well with plenty of evidence, however I wished that the book was a…

One day Alice Goffman receives a letter from an undergrad at Temple University describing how difficult the job market is for them. Goffman then thinks about if middle class students are having a hard time finding a job in 2015, then those with no college education/degree may also be suffering financially in the working class. Another negative aspect of society Goffman focuses on that follows her train of thought with economic inequality/hardship, is the current state of mass incarceration,…

Despite the “generation gap” and the strain on family relations this may cause, Chinese families manage this gap through the cultural and social structures in which they are embedded. Zhou explains how Chinese children continue to perform within their parent’s expectations as a result of their “involvement in the Chinese ethnic community” (2011: 479). The fact that many Chinese immigrant families live in cities and suburbs with a large concentration of Chinese individuals allows these ethnic…

7.2. Language & Social Inequality: It is essential for people to have the sense of equality in the society where they dwell. Hence, people tend to utilize several techniques and methods to achieve that, one of these technique is codeswitching. Philips (2004: 474) in Duranti states that “At the heart of the relationship between language and social inequality is the idea that some expressions of a language are valued more than others in a way that is associated with some people being more…

Companion gave some very important and insightful points. Chapter 7 was on working in groups while in the field. One of the main points discussed was expectations for practice with groups. They gave four examples of models that social workers may fulfill they were, social action/goals model, reciprocal goals model, and remedial goals model. Another point discussed was learning the factors that come along with group practice. The chapter discussed important factors such as group work assignments,…

In society, more often than not, individuals are expected to uphold a certain appearance and image of themselves; men are supposed to act masculine, while women are pressured to act in a feminine manner. These expectations extend to social class systems as well; the rich and upper middle class families are always expected to accomplish greatness, while lower class families are not believed to achieve anything of value in their lifetime. If these societal values are challenged, the offender will…