Scandinavia
Two types of Scandinavian prisons identified by Pratt
What is open and closed prisons
The number of key dimensions of poverty
What is four
Social support system through which states assume some measure of responsibility for the promotion and protection of their residents and community well being
What is a welfare state
What approach does Ragin discuss in the chapter?
Comparative approach
The best way to study social inequality
Comparative
Something those in open prisons are able to do
What is leave for work
A dimension of poverty
degree, depth, duration, distribution
The three 'Ideal Types' of welfare states
What is liberal, social democratic, and conservative
Comparative analyses is more dominant is which tradition? (ie. Quantitative, qualitative, normative)
Qualitative
Dr. Olsen’s favorite country
Sweden
The percentage of inmates imprisoned in open prisons
What is 20-30 percent
The industry discussed in box 3.1 Stranded in Detroit
What is the automobile industry
The three pillars of a welfare state
What is income support, social services, and protective legislation
Comparative study can be defined in a broad or narrow sense. Ragin argues for which definition?
Narrow
Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism was written by
Weber
Something the Scandinavian prison system has no need for
SPM Stands for
What is supplemental poverty measure
Benefits and goods such as eyeglasses, prescription drugs, prosthetics, etc.
What is in-kind benefits
The Comparative Approach by Ragin was written in the year….
1987
What is a benefit of using the comparative method?
Discourage ethnocentrism, fosters closer understanding, allows us to rethink popular explanations, provides instructions
Norway's 2006 prison cell waiting list
What is 3000
Recent studies suggest this many people experience homelessness in Canada each year
What is 235,000 people
What is the beveridge report
Thinking of comparative analysis in a broad sense is attractive because….
Gives a sense of continuity, all social science sub disciples seem united by their methods
Studied typology of society and epochs comparatively
Marx