Explaining Poverty (AQA A-Level Sociology): Flashcards

Gender inequalities

Over-representation of women amongst single parents & pensioners

Artificial affluence for stigma management

Men typically have more money for personal spending than women

Inevitable outcome for those who fail in meritocracy

Poor provide workers for society's worst jobs

Generates jobs for social workers, welfare workers, police

Capitalism prioritising profit over human needs

Class issue, not individual problem

Dependency culture and fecklessness

Living outside society with deviant subcultural values

Structural, can be eliminated by state spending

Sweden/Scandinavian countries with low poverty rates

Social class, status, and party

Status & power are distinct from economic class