SOC003 UOCD History of Welfare Programs in America Questions
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Who do Edin and Shaefer study?
How do poor people “pay” for government aid?
How many people receive U.S. government aid? How has this number changed over time?
What is the history of welfare programs in America? How did these programs change in
1996?
How did the sociologists involved in welfare reform feel about the policies that ended up
going into effect?
Many eligible families do not apply for welfare. Why not?
(About) how many Americans live in poverty?
Why is the Mississippi Delta so poor?
Given the lack of formal opportunities, how do people in the Mississippi Delta attempt to
make ends meet? How are women and children especially affected by these challenges?
According to Edin and Shaefer, is the Mississippi Delta unique in its level of poverty?
What does Pedro Noguera belive is the most pressing issue in American education? How
does he think we should address this issue?
Which groups of students are disproportionally absent from higher education? According to
Noguera, how can we address that?
What is the achievement gap? How is it changing over time?
Which groups of students consistently perform the best in the American education system?
Which groups of students consistently struggle?
What does Ann Arnett Ferguson mean by the “punishing room?” Is it one room, or a series
of spaces? Which students are found in these spaces?
What assumptions about race, class, and gender underpin the school disciplinary system at
Rosa Parks Elementary?
What percentage of America’s incarcerated population is serving time for drug offenses?
What sort of drug offenses have these people committed?
When did the “war on drugs” emerge? How has it changed over time?
What does it mean to say there is a racial disparity in imprisonment rates? Which groups
are particularly overrepresented?
Alexander claims that America’s criminal justice system is discriminatory. According to
Alexander, what two processes creates this discriminatory system?
How is drug-law enforcement different than other types of law enforcement?
What is the fastest growing group of incarcerated people?
How does “aging” in prison differ from “aging” among the general population?
What happens when older adults are released from prison? How likely are they do
recidivate?
What is the current gender pay gap?
How does the gendered pay gap differ for different racial groups? What about groups of
different ages or educational backgrounds?
There are multiple ways to calculate the gender pay gap. How do these calculations vary?
How does our understanding of the gender pay gap change if we look longitudinally at
cohorts based on birth year?
What are the four essential features of a fundamental social cause of health inequalities?
What role(s) do(es) “flexible resources” play in reproducing health inequalities?
What does it mean to look at “flexible resources” on the individual level v. the contextual
level?
What sort of policies might address the fundamental social causes of health inequalities?
According to McMillian Cottom, how are black women viewed in healthcare settings? What
are the implications/results of this attitude?
According to Johnson, how have immigration policies excluded and discriminated again
racial minorities?
How have United States deportation rates changed over time?
Golash-Boza and Hondagneu-Sotelo argue that the United States is currently experiencing a
deportation crises. According to Golash-Boza and Hondagneu-Sotelo, what created this
crisis?
The Department of Homeland Security is concerned about “criminal aliens.” What crimeshave most of these “criminal aliens” committed?
How does the disproportionate detention and deportation of Latino men affect their
families?
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