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Socioeconomic Status (SES) Define social class The concepts in which people are grouped into hierarchical social categories closely tied to issues of economic, politics, and sociocultural status. Who are the “people of difference” in terms of social class? The unemployed, the underemployed, those facing homelessness, and those facing poverty. Define socioeconomic status (SES) A person's position in society in relation to others as a consequence of three interrelated individual attributes: income, occupation, and education. Compare and contrast social class and SES SES tends to overlook foundational personal and social histories associated with various social markers such as gender, race, ability, ethnicity, geography, and family of origin. Social class on the other hand takes into account all of these external factors. Both are ways of categorizing people based on wealth or income. What are some problems with the term “working class?” People in all classes work extensive hours. It also encourages people to think that those in upper classes worked harder to gain their wealth. Finally, the working class is associated with a specific type of work and not employment status. Define conspicuous consumption and pecuniary emulation. Pecuniary emulation - middle class coming up with cheaper alternatives to the leisure activities of the rich Conspicuous consumption - using extravagant, wasteful spending on leisure activities to display wealth, differentiate themselves from the middle class. Describe class closure and class exclusion. Class exclusion - activities that exclude the participation of other social classes Class closure - help bond members of one social class to each other. Describe economic, social, and environmental structural constraints to leisure. economic constraint is things like a lack of money for leisure experiences. Social constraints are there not being other participants of the same race. Environmental constraints are geographic distance or weather constraints. Describe Rose’s argument that leisure is a basic human right, especially important for individuals who are unemployed, homeless, and/or poor. Leisure aids in improving mental health, also just increasing people's overall health. by making leisure inclusive for all you are improving their ability to work or increasing there work performance. Describe the concept of a “mental model” in terms of how poverty and social class are viewed.
the internal pictures people create for themselves concerning how the world works. Because of this the dominant image we have of poverty comes from the upper classes, skewing how we as a group view lower social classes. In what ways can inclusion of people facing poverty be facilitated? Providing free programing for inner city youth or children living at or below the poverty line. Having a greater variety of people with influence over decision making, so that not only the top 1% of the population is making choices for all based on there distorted view of the poor.
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