Inequality for All and Activating Empowerment Amid Economic Despair

2021 ◽  
pp. 002216782110100
Author(s):  
Jacob Kornbluth ◽  
Eric Greene ◽  
Nisha Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Documentary Film ◽  
Socioeconomic Background ◽  
Creative Collaboration ◽  
The Public ◽  
Income Gap ◽  
Cabinet Member ◽  
Robert Reich ◽  
American Economy

In this edited interview, psychologists Eric Greene and Nisha Gupta converse with filmmaker Jacob Kornbluth about his documentary film Inequality for All (2013), which is a passionate argument on behalf of the middle class. The film features Robert Reich—professor, best-selling author, and Clinton cabinet member—as he demonstrates how the widening income gap has a devastating impact on the American economy. The film is an intimate portrait of a man whose lifelong goal remains protecting those who are unable to protect themselves, as Reich explains how the massive consolidation of wealth by a precious few threatens the viability of the American workforce and the foundation of democracy itself. In this dialogue with the film director, Kornbluth describes his personal socioeconomic background that inspired this project, his creative collaboration with Reich in attempt to evoke critical consciousness among the public about the truth of income inequality, and his vision of creating an emotionally intimate story that balances righteous despair and anger with a tone of political hope.

Growing Inequality and Public Awareness of Inequality in the States

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
William W. Franko ◽  
Christopher Witko
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Public Concern ◽  
The Public ◽  
Political Conditions ◽  
Perceptions Of Inequality ◽  
Public Opinion Polls ◽  
Opinion Polls

Here the authors present the variation that exists in income inequality across the states, and variation in public awareness or concern about income inequality as measured by public opinion polls. Though politicians may decide to tackle income inequality even in the absence of public concern about inequality, the authors argue that government responses are more likely when and where there is a growing awareness of, and concern about, inequality, which is confirmed in the analyses in this book. To examine this question in subsequent chapters, a novel measure of public awareness of rising state inequality is developed. Using these estimates, this chapter shows that the growth in the public concern about inequality responds in part to objective increases in inequality, but also that state political conditions, particularly mass partisanship, shape perceptions of inequality.

The public's view of public health in mid-Victorian Britain

Urban History ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Sigsworth ◽  
Michael Worboys
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Health Reform ◽  
Great Majority ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
The Public ◽  
Victorian Britain ◽  
Physical Conditions ◽  
Public Health Reform

What did the public think about public health reform in mid-Victorian Britain? Historians have had a lot to say about the sanitary mentality and actions of the middle class, yet have been strangely silent about the ideas and behaviour of the working class, who were the great majority of the public and the group whose health was mainly in question. Perhaps there is nothing to say. The working class were commonly referred to as ‘the Great Unwashed’, purportedly ignorant and indifferent on matters of personal hygiene, environmental sanitation and hence health. Indeed, the writings of reformers imply that the working class simply did not have a sanitary mentality. However, the views of sanitary campaigners should not be taken at face value. Often propaganda and always one class's perception of another, in the context of the social apartheid in Britain's cities in the mid-nineteenth century, sanitary campaigners' views probably reveal more about middle-class anxieties than the actual social and physical conditions of the poor. None the less many historians still use such material to portray working-class life, but few have gone on to ask how public health reform was seen and experienced ‘from below’. Historians of public health have tended to portray the urban working class as passive victims who were rescued by enlightened middle-class reformers. This seems to be borne out at the political level where, unlike with other popular movements of the 1840s and after, there is little evidence of working-class participation in, or support for, the public health movement.

scholarly journals Inequality, policy polarization and the income gap in turnout

2021 ◽  
pp. 135406882110119
Author(s):  
Matthew Polacko
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Party Systems ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Income Gap ◽  
Income Groups ◽  
Logistic Regressions ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Previous research into the relationship between income inequality and turnout inequality has produced mixed results, as consensus is lacking whether inequality reduces turnout for all income groups, low-income earners, or no one. Therefore, this paper builds on this literature by introducing supply-side logic, through the first individual-level test of the impact that income inequality (moderated by policy manifesto positions) has on turnout. It does so through multilevel logistic regressions utilizing mixed effects, on a sample of 30 advanced democracies in 102 elections from 1996 to 2016. It finds that higher levels of income inequality significantly reduce turnout and widen the turnout gap between rich and poor. However, it also finds that when party systems are more polarized, low-income earners are mobilized the greatest extent coupled with higher inequality, resulting in a significantly reduced income gap in turnout. The findings magnify the negative impacts income inequality can exert on political behavior and contribute to the study of policy offerings as a key moderating mechanism in the relationship.

Rates of Return for Land-Grant Railroads: The Central Pacific System

1970 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 602-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lloyd J. Mercer
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Land Policy ◽  
Central Pacific ◽  
Rates Of Return ◽  
The Public ◽  
Nineteenth Century America ◽  
American Economy ◽  
Distribution Of Income

Land was the resource that nineteenth-century America possessed in greatest abundance. A large part of the land was initially in the public domain and was transferred to private ownership in the course of the century. Land policy, therefore, had the potential for creating significant and long lasting effects on the American economy—on the rate of settlement of the West, the distribution of income, the rate of economic growth. A substantial body of literature, much of it severely critical, has developed concerning the economic effects of nineteenth-century American land policy. Unfortunately, the criticisms often rest primarily on tales of corruption and thievery, rather than on economic analysis. Certainly many of the stories are true, but they represent an insufficient basis for evaluating the economic effects of land policy. A detailed economic analysis of individual policies is required.

scholarly journals In Visible Families: Gay Fatherhood and the Politics of Family Change

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan Carroll
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Community Settings ◽  
The Public ◽  
Gay Fathers ◽  
Gay Parents ◽  
White Middle Class ◽  
The Media ◽  
Family Inequality ◽  
Public Imagination

Who counts as a gay father? The answer to this question reaches beyond demographics, encompassing histories of family inequality, LGBTQ identity, and social movements. Presentations of gay fathers in the media and scholarship are often skewed toward white, middle-class, coupled men who became parents via adoption or surrogacy. Yet the demographic majority of gay parents continue to have children in heterosexual unions. My dissertation research uses ethnographic and interview data to argue that contemporary narratives of gay fatherhood have prematurely dismissed gay parents who have children in heterosexual unions. The choice to exclude gay fathers via heterosexual unions can be attributed to emerging narratives of LGBTQ identity and political strategies of the marriage equality movement. The consequences of gay fathers’ disproportionate visibility have led to a stratified system of access to gay parenting resources. By identifying the mechanisms that undermine gay fathers’ diversity in the public imagination and in gay parenting community settings, my dissertation amplifies the voices of marginalized gay fathers and offers an intersectional approach to the study of LGBTQ families through a social movements framework.

scholarly journals Growing Income-Based Inequalities in Old-Age Life Expectancy in Sweden, 2006–2015

Demography ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Fors ◽  
Jonas W. Wastesson ◽  
Lucas Morin
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Life Span ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Remaining Life ◽  
Neighborhood Deprivation ◽  
Income Gap ◽  
Remaining Life Expectancy ◽  
Mortality Improvement ◽  
Income Quartile

Abstract Sweden is known for high life expectancy and economic egalitarianism, yet in recent decades it has lost ground in both respects. This study tracked income inequality in old-age life expectancy and life span variation in Sweden between 2006 and 2015, and examined whether patterns varied across levels of neighborhood deprivation. Income inequality in remaining life expectancy at ages 65, 75, and 85 increased. The gap in life expectancy at age 65 grew by more than a year between the lowest and the highest income quartiles, for both men (from 3.4 years in 2006 to 4.5 years in 2015) and women (from 2.3 to 3.4 years). This widening income gap in old-age life expectancy was driven by different rates of mortality improvement: individuals with higher incomes increased their life expectancy at a faster rate than did those with lower incomes. Women with the lowest incomes experienced no improvement in old-age life expectancy. Furthermore, life span variation increased in the lowest income quartile, while it decreased slightly among those in the highest quartile. Income was found to be a stronger determinant of old-age life expectancy than neighborhood deprivation.

scholarly journals FILM DOKUMENTER TRADISI NAMPAH BATU “KISAH DIKUTUKNYA IDA RATU AYU MANIK GALIH OLEH DEWI DANU” DI DESA ADAT DEPEHA KECAMATAN KUBUTAMBAHAN KABUPATEN BULELENG

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
I Kadek Supriandana . ◽  
I Gede Mahendra Darmawiguna, S.Kom., M.S . ◽  
Gede Aditra Pradnyana, S.Kom., M.Kom. .
Keyword(s):  
Documentary Film ◽  
Private Life ◽  
The Public ◽  
Hindu Religion ◽  
The People ◽  
Strategy Model ◽  
Stage 4 ◽  
Wedding Ceremony ◽  
Stage 1 ◽  
Adobe Premiere

Tradisi lisan merupakan salah satu bentuk ekspresi kebudayaan daerah yang jumlahnya beratus-ratus di seluruh Indonesia. Tradisi Nampah Batu di Desa Depeha adalah upacara menek medesa, artinya warga masyarakat Desa Depeha yang telah melangsungkan upacara perkawinan yang dalam agama hindu disebut telah melaksanakan kehidupan grhasta asrama wajib ikut melaksanakan upacara Nampah Batu. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk : (1) Untuk mengimplementasikan hasil rancangan pengembangan film dokumenter Tradisi Nampah Batu. (2) Untuk mengetahui respon masyarakat Bali khususnya Desa Depeha terhadap hasil akhir film dokumenter Tradisi Nampah Batu. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam Film Dokumenter Tradisi Nampah Batu menggunakan metode cyclic strategy. Aplikasi ini diimplementasikan menggunakan Adobe Premiere Pro CC‎ sebagai pembuat video. Pemanfaatan aplikasi pembuat video dari dampak kemajuan teknologi menyebabkan para remaja atau anak muda mampu berkreasi dalam mengolah video dengan berbagai efek sesuai kemampuan dan keinginan sehingga video dapat dijadikan berbagai sarana yang vital dalam berbagai media promosi. Oleh karena itu, penulis mengembangkan sebuah film dokumenter yang berjudul Film Tradisi Nampah Batu “Kisah Dikutuknya Ida Ratu Ayu Manik Galih Oleh Dewi Danu” Di Desa Depeha Kecamatan Kubutambahan Kabupaten Buleleng. Dengan dikembangkannya film dokumenter ini, diharapkan keberadaan tradisi Nampah Batu di Desa Depeha semakin di kenal, serta dapat dijadikan sebuah media pembelajaran baik dari segi proses dan makna di balik sebuah Tradisi Nampah Batu yang berada di Desa Depeha. Hasil akhir film dokumenter Tradisi Nampah Batu dapat memberikan wawasan bagi penonton terkait Tradisi Nampah Batu. Respon pengguna terhadap film dokumenter Tradisi Nampah Batu dapat dikategorikan sangat baik. Kata Kunci : Film Dokumenter, Tradisi Nampah Batu, Budaya , Cyclic Strategy The tradition Nampah Batu in Depeha Village is a menek medesa ceremony, meaning that the people of Depeha Village who have held a wedding ceremony which in Hindu religion are said to have carried out a dormitory private life must take part in carrying out the Tradition Nampah Batu ceremony. This study aims to (1) produce a design and implement the results of a documentary on the Development and Preservation of the Tradition Nampah Batu, (2) To find out the response of Depeha villagers to the final results of the Nampah Batu Tradition Film Documentary. The research method used in the documentary film Nampah Batu Tradition is the Development method with the Cyclic Strategy model. Cyclic Strategy is a method that sometimes has to be repeated before the next stage continues. The stages of Cyclic Strategy include briefs, stage 1, stage 2, evaluation 1, stage 3, evaluation 2, stage 4 and Outcome. With the making of the documentary film Tradition Nampah Batu, the public will realize the importance of the existence of local culture that is owned as a legacy of civilization in the past to be preserved as upholding historical values, norms and cultural uniqueness in the area of residence. In addition, the documentary film Tradition Nampah Batu can be used as a medium of information and an inspiration for the people of Depeha Village in particular. keyword : Documentary Film, tradition Nampah Batu, Culture, Cyclic Strategy

scholarly journals The Limits of Income Inequality: Public Support for Social Policy across Rich Democracies

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nate Breznau ◽  
Carola Hommerich
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Public Support ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Liberal Societies ◽  
Institutional Contexts ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Income Concentration

Does public opinion react to inequality, and if so, how? The social harms caused by increasing inequality should cause public opinion to ramp up demand for social welfare protections. However, the public may react to inequality differently depending on institutional context. Using ISSP and WID data (1980-2006) we tested these claims. In liberal institutional contexts (mostly English-speaking), increasing income inequality predicted higher support for state provision of social welfare. In coordinated and universalist contexts (mostly of Europe), increasing inequality predicted less support. Historically higher income concentration predicted less public support, providing an account of the large variation in inequality within the respective liberal and coordinated contexts. The results suggest opinions in liberal societies – especially with higher historical inequality – reached the limits of inequality, reacting negatively; whereas in coordinated/universalist societies – especially with lower historical inequality – opinions moved positively, as if desiring more inequality.

SISTEM SIMULASI PERHITUNGAN KPR DI PERUM PERUMNAS REGIONAL V BERBASIS WEB

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-43
Author(s):  
Dendy Kurniawan ◽  
Dwi Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Programming Languages ◽  
Home Ownership ◽  
Simulation System ◽  
Microsoft Excel ◽  
The Public ◽  
Payment Methods ◽  
Regional Area ◽  
Cash Payment ◽  
Public Company

Perum Perumnas is a State-Owned Enterprise (BUMN) in the form of a Public Company (Perum). Perum Perumnas has 7 regional business areas and 1 rusunawa regional area. Perum Perumnas Regional V which is located at Jl. Wilis No. 23 Semarang is engaged in providing housing and settlements for the middle class community. In its business activities, Perumnas sells houses to the public with cash payment methods or through Home Ownership Credit (KPR). The Perumnas Branch can serve every consumer who comes to Perumnas Branch to seek information about the amount of monthly installment payments if the consumer applies the mortgage system with the down payment that the consumer has and the shortfall that must be paid. In carrying out this activity, the Perumnas Branch still uses the Microsoft Excel application.The problem that often arises at this time is the calculation of KPR between Perumnas Semarang Branch I and Perumnas Semarang Branch II which is quite different, making it less effective for companies. Based on this description, the author tries to provide a solution that is able to overcome these problems by designing a website-based mortgage calculation simulation system at Perum Perumnas Regional V with the aim of making it easier for consumers and marketing or sales parties to find information about mortgage calculations.Making this simulation system, the author uses the HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript and MySQL programming languages ​​as the database. In its manufacture, this application is adapted to the needs of Perumnas in general.The conclusion that can be drawn is the dissimilarity or difference in filling out the mortgage calculation where the Semarang Branch I and Semarang Branch II when the marketing staff does the mortgage calculation even though they use the same bank Suggestions that can be put forward is to create a mortgage calculation simulation system that can make it easier for consumers to get information about mortgage calculations quickly, efficiently and accurately and can be accessed anywhere and anytime.

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