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Social Change

Social Change. Robert Reich: US is not economically autonomous US is a "region of the global economy" All jobs are now essentially service jobs. Social Change. Five types of jobs (jobs shape how families live!) Symbolic-Analytic Production services Personal services + Government

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Social Change

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  1. Social Change Robert Reich: • US is not economically autonomous • US is a "region of the global economy" • All jobs are now essentially service jobs

  2. Social Change Five types of jobs (jobs shape how families live!) • Symbolic-Analytic • Production services • Personal services + • Government • None (the poor)

  3. Social Change Top half, bottom half: 70 million jobs - Symb/Anal, Prod (union), Govt Mostly White Male 70 million jobs - Prod (non-union), Pers services (+ the poor) Mostly Minority and Female

  4. Social Change Top half doing pretty well • Jobs mostly pretty stable, less outsourcing • Salaries, benefits, tax breaks, college for kids • Dominate "superstructure" politics Organized, Money, and they vote

  5. Social Change Bottom half deteriorating and "trapped" • extraneous and no place to go - surplus pop • jobs being outsourced, real wages dropping • social stresses increasing • illegal economies exacerbate problems (drugs, crime, sex industry, etc.)

  6. Social Change Class Reproduction and Mobility • Segregation (neighborhoods, housing, schools, etc.) • Marriage (shaped by segregation patterns) • Education (major part of class reproduction) • Others (religion, recreation, entertainment, etc.) (NSSA Las Vegas paper "You are where you play")

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