Title: Social polarization - Wikipedia
Headings: Social polarization
Social polarization
Contents
Creative class
Urban poverty
Role of media
See also
Notes

Content: Increased spatial segregation of socioeconomic groups correlates strongly with social polarization as well as social exclusion and societal fragmentation. Contents
1 Creative class
2 Urban poverty
3 Role of media
4 See also
5 Notes
Creative class
Aspects of this concept can also be associated with the phenomena of the creative class and how these members have created their own dominant status within society. Globalization and its associated ” creative destruction " has contributed to great prosperity and growth for elites in many cities. Conversely, the process of creative destruction is intrinsically spatially uneven, so some urban neighborhoods “at the receiving end” of globalization are harmed by it. Urban poverty
Several theoretical models can be strung together to explain the basics that create social polarization, and the subsequent deprivation that occurs when there is extreme societal deprivation between those of high-wealth and low-wealth. They are: a Culture of Poverty
a Cycle of Poverty
Government Failure —particularly when public policy institutions divided into departments (education, housing, etc.) are ineffective when it comes to dealing with the interdisciplinary problems of the poor
an Inequitable Distribution of Resources/Opportunities
Class Conflict, and
the concept of an " Underclass ". When these phenomena are combined in urban areas, it can fuel social polarization. Urban decay is a visual manifestation of social polarization, while riots, civil commotion and general social disintegration can be symptomatic of this concept as well.