Show:
So Wrong it should be Illegal
No Money, More Problems
Globetrotting
A Tale of Many Countries
Change We Can Be(?)
100
First arising in the 1970s, the historic era which has seen America rise to first place in the amount of people who have some experience with judicial institutions
What is mass incarceration?
100
____ inequality, which provides economic security, is a lot larger than income inequality.
What is "wealth"?
100
Where we see the most immigration occur from a global perspective
Within regions (e.g. from one country in North America to another)
100
"Increasing global connection in terms of goods, services, money people, information and culture"
What is globalization?
100
Three major components that may be a part of any social movement
What is "group identity", "formal organization" and "protest actions"?
200
Bias at the ___________ level is produced through putting more police in certain areas labeled "high-crime" or using "out-of-place" policing, while ____________ level bias can be seen as conscious prejudice or _________ ________ which is a product of simplified categorical thinking
what is "institutional", "individual" and "implicit/unconscious bias"?
200
If we used this measure, which subtracts the total amount of debt from the total amount of assets, it would be vastly higher than income poverty and might indicate much higher levels of social deprivation.
What is net worth poverty?
200
Sampson's proposed two possible outcomes from increased migration of immigrants to city centers
What is urban rejuvenation and cultural spillover?
200
Three major workplace safety issues that the Rana Plaza tragedy brought to broader public attention
What is poor factory infrastructure/construction, high levels of exploitation and little-to-no benefits and wages for workers?
200
According to Stoecker, __________ __________ may bring attention to broader social problems or more abstract concepts through tackling concrete tasks (e.g. confronting primary school segregation to bring attention to racial inequality).
What are community organizers/organizations?
300
Name two major practical reasons for the growth in mass incarceration (I can think of 5)
mandatory minimum sentences longer-term sentences increased criminalization of drug offenses transition from judicial to prosecutorial discretion political alignment in support for Tough on Crime policing
300
Although designed and marketed as financial assistance to cover unforeseen emergencies, the Pew Research Center found that payday loans are used primarily for this
What are long-term needs and/or everyday/monthly living expenses (making ends meet)?
300
In order of access to civil rights, what are the categories for foreign-born in the US?
Naturalized citizens, permanent residents (green card holders), non-immigrants (on temp visas, like students, tourists, business travelers) - think "liminal legality" undocumented people
300
Related to globalization, there was a profound shift in the US labor market from ____ production to _____ production.
"goods" to "service"
300
Barefoot lawyers, or self-educated and -trained legal counsel, have gained notoriety due to this tension in Chinese society
What is localized economic accrual and legal legitimation of public concerns?
400
Massoglia and Schnittker's primary explanation for decreased opportunities for formerly incarcerated reintegration and thus greater disparities for life outcomes
What is stigmatized labeling (state-sanctioned ["the box"], employer discrimination, communal rejection)?
400
Major state actions taken that have led to the increase of easily accessible student loans
What are austerity measures (massive reductions in federal and state finance)?
400
According to Gonzales, the underlying primary reason that undocumented adolescents must undergo a "transition to illegality" whether it be internally, socially or both
What are state-sanctioned identities (governmental policy and the role of the state)?
400
A campaign that: encourages consumers to be aware; another wave of corporate reaction in which retailers are taking more initiative to think about safety conditions of suppliers & provide at least a nominal move to accountability & safety.
What is "Clean Clothes Campaign"?
400
An example of an ____ claimsmaker would be a politician and an ____ claimsmaker might be a community organizer. These different types of claimsmakers have different resources and, thus, use different strategies to address social problems.
"insider" v. "outsider"
500
What are two reasons that sociologists have studied to see if they explain the decrease in crime rate for which we have NOT found evidence?
growth in law enforcement incarceration rates (the "criminals" are locked up, thus committing fewer crimes) strong economy increase in immigration
500
Name two different sets of socially related groups that have different probabilities of taking out payday loans, and explain why we might find these disparities
Examples: Renters have higher probability than homeowners because taking out a mortgage implies a relative amount of financial stability and ability to make monthly payments.
500
What are two economic effects of migration to the US?
i. Contributes larger labor force; industry itself trying to keep cost low ii. Reduces costs for a lot of goods (doesn’t mean good for workers, but for econ overall, people can consume more, increase demand for goods, fuels economy; note this is econ arg for migration, not necessarily taking into consideration exploitation of worker) iii. Improved contributions to tax system iv. Crowds out (a few - less than 10%) low-skill native-born workers, but benefits highly educated
500
What's new about globalization?
the massive scale, interconnectedness of economies, export of model - not just exchange of goods/resources/culture/people (e.g. H/B/Nollywood) how technological innovations have made things like Arab Spring possible (note: this is similar to the "export of model" claim)
500
Name three of the social movements that Prof Finnigan talked about in class this week & list one piece of information about each.
Boston Tea Party Women's suffrage Selma Marches 1965 Tienanmen Square Arab Spring