Tasks given in class

     What is the difference between looting and rioting?

      The difference between looting and rioting is that looting is when someone plunders a store or a person and do not involve physical violence. While rioting involves destructions of building, this often happens in protests against something.

Define the underlined (blue) words and phrases. Also note down other words you find difficult, and find out what they mean.

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-        Social exclusion is the definition of how individuals and entire communities are blocked out from rights, which is normally are available for these people.

-        Disregard social norms is when someone ignore the rules and the values a society looks as appropriate and inappropriate values.

-        High-unemployment means that there is a high number of people who are without jobs, and neither have had a job for the last four weeks.

-        Criminologist is the scientific study of the biological basis of criminal behavior.

-        Opportunism is when someone takes advantage of any opportunity to achieve benefits and requirements in the moment, and often with no regard for principles or consequences.

-         Lack of intervention is when there is no offer or procedures which are available or can do something with the situation.

-         Consumerism is the definition of interaction between consumers and communities in the world.

-          Catalyst of unrest is the thing that precipitates an event, and in this case disturbance.

·         Could this happen in Trondheim? In Oslo? Why/why not?

Yes, I think this could happen here, because unemployment appears here as well. But in the moment I do not think this is relevant. Those who gets unemployed in Norway today often gets help from the government, so there is no reason for people to be displeased with the solution we have today.

·         What can this say about the social conditions in England? How may this be connected to the traditional class system?

This says that the social conditions in England are bad, for example are many people unemployed and therefor also poor. It may be connected to the class system because those who are rich often get better offers than those who are in the lower class. And it might seem like the “poor- people” has to work harder to achieve something, while the rich live on their reputation.