Inequality

BY VALENTINA CASTRO GONZALEZ

INEQUALITY

CONFLICT THEORY

LOWERING IT: SDG'S

TYPES

DEFINITION

ICEBREAKER

When people don't have the same resources or opportunities due to their circumstance or background.

¿What is it?

Gender

Sex or gender being more priviledge or prioritized over the other,

Opportunities

Link between Income inequality and growth

Racial

Distribution of resources, power and economic opportunities of a race in society.

Income

Significant difference of the distribution of income

TYPES OF INEQUALITY

Reduce inequality within and among countries, since they mention that sustainable development cannot be achieved, nor a better planet, if people are excluded from having a better life.

REDUCED INEQUALITY

The decades after WWII until the 1970s were full of economic growth making the incomes grow around the same rate. When the 1970s began the growth started slowing, so the income gap widened as a consequence , due to this the poor became poorer while the people on the top continued to have a growth, having a concentration that hasn't been seen since “The Roaring Twenties”.

cONFLICT Theory

• On going conflict for limited resources
• Domination, instead of conformity
• those with wealth and power will try to hold onto it by suppressing the poor and powerless
• Max Weber: multiple layers of conflict at every moment in every community

Conflict theory:Those with wealth and power will try to hold onto it by suppressing the poor and powerless

10th SDG: Reduce InequalitySustainable development cannot be achieved, nor a better planet, if people are excluded from having a better life.

• Oppotunities
• Income
• Racial
• Gender

Inequality is when people are treated or are in a situation due to their “background”

SUMMARY

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GAME

• The unequal opportunities inside a society increase income inequality, this way the growth is limited.
• Education is considered to be the key to success, but due to different opportunities among people some may not be able to study,

“Adolescent girls face higher burdens of domestic work, disproportionate risks of child marriage, and greater threats of gender-based violence.” (UNICEF. s.f).

• the 1% of the richest people receive the same amount as the 56% of the poorest, with the country where the breach is biggest being the United States
• Comparing the income of the high earners to the national median or average.

“Americans generally think being white is an advantage in society, while about half or more say being black or Hispanic hurts people’s ability to get ahead.”