It is often asked by modern sociologists: what gaps or institutional inequalities exist between groups, what power structures or political realities influence these gaps, and how, if at all, could we mitigate these gaps. Postwar Japan is without question a focal point of such sociological inquiries, with the postwar rural-urban or city-country divide being thoroughly discussed by many scholars. I intend to direct my inquiry toward answering the sociological question first, as to whether there actually
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American economy has caused many to sound the alarm bells. Income inequality represents a significant danger to the nation and is growing worse over time, leading the 2013 winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics to call it, “The most important problem that we are facing now” (Christofferson, 2013). A significant contributing factor to this is the stagnant minimum wage. Raising the minimum wage will not only decrease income inequality, but also raise millions out of poverty, spur consumer spending
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it. The movement started on Wall Street but has spread across the US. The basis of the movement focuses on social & economic inequality, greed, corruption and the influence of corporations on the US government, primarily from the financial sectors of businesses. The main slogan of Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is we are the 99%, which addresses the growing income inequality and wealth distribution in the US between the wealthiest 1% and the rest of the population. Huffington Post reporter, Paul Taylor
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Neuman December 8, 2011 The Problem Even Congress Cannot Fix: Inequality in America The big story that has been all over the news in recent times is none other than the massive bear of a problem: inequality in America. This not so white elephant has dominated American news stations, but nonetheless has not been resolved. There is without a doubt financial inequality in America, and the main problems with this financial inequality are the flawed educational system where rich dumb kids have a much
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Child Left Behind, class time is spent teaching to the test, and the social sciences are being ignored. Not only does the drop in social studies education present a risk for the students in high-stakes testing schools, but it also widens the inequality gap between students and presents a threat to the communities around them; for this reason parents, students, teachers and community members should push for increased emphasis on engaging social studies education in schools. Social Studies and the
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Singapore” serves to explore the inherent contradictions within the concept of meritocracy and investigate the systemic failures arising from the dissonance caused by how meritocracy is practised in Singapore where the inevitable social and income inequalities results in an elitist system which perpetuates itself. The central research question is how meritocracy shapes the Singapore elite and in turn how the elite shapes meritocracy in the country. In this paper, the elite is defined as the class of
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everyone is supposed to have an equal chance. But looking at the huge gap between the wealth divide of our nation and the many problems it creates you would think otherwise. The rich continue to get richer and the poor get poorer while the government makes it even harder for the middle and lower class to stay out of poverty. Lack of affordable public housing and also lack of middle income housing are a few of the problems. The Gap in the wealth divide along with these two problems makes life very difficult
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these gender roles may seem innocent and harmless, they stereotype us and can have a dramatic effect on the everyday lives of people. In the reading A Transsexual’s Story Jessica Stearns states that the socialization process governs the process of growing up. A child rapidly learns to adapt to expectations of the sexual role in which they are born (Stearns 89). Both the articles Male Gender Roles, and In the Beginning There Are Babies backs this statement up. According to the article In the Beginning
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than non-union workers in the same field of work. Occupy Wall Street (OWS) provided a springboard for a joint voice that was loud enough for some to hear. Many that were out of work and many that needed to speak up band together to focus on this inequality. Moral that was once low, soon increased as the movement took form. The movement had some setbacks a few months after it started which included protestors being faced with arrest. Looking from the outside into the movement, one would wonder if
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Globalisation and Rising Inequality in Australia Is Increasing Inequality Inevitable in Australia? Tom Conley Griffith University Introduction I want to dedicate my government to the maintenance of traditional Australian values. And they include those great values of mateship and egalitarianism.1 10 years ago a Mitsubishi type development would have flattened people psychologically. Now they take it in their stride … 2 Policy-makers and commentators have long been cajoling Australians into
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