Essays on Capitalism

The first political party that unions began to work with was the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.

TRUE Despite the changing nature of unions, union membership (in relation to the overall employment rate) continues to grow. FALSE Newfoundland has one of the lowest unionization rates in Canada. FALSE

All of Canadian labour legislation is creating by the federal government

FALSE FALSE Define the following terms as precisely as you can. You may do so in a few words or a phrase or two as long as you demonstrate that you understand the meaning of the term in question. structural unemployment Unemployment comes from industrial reorganization (technological change or radical changes on the market) and not because of the changes in supply or demand. institutional perspective on Industrial ...

The scope of government intervention in the social and economic life of the country has been a controversial issue since the Industrial Revolution. Many people were able to become affluent due to the increased production, but a much larger number of the people faced the hard life because of low wages and appalling working conditions. Consequently, different socialist movements started to emerge in the countries around the world. Socialists opposed the governments and private companies practices of which led to the inequality. In many European countries socialism was very strong, but in the USA socialism has never been a ...

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Corporate social responsibility and climate shifts: Introduction

The task in connecting corporate responsibility and ethical business practices is to make the engaged parties move towards resolving the problems in the area. Climate shifts is one topic that is well suited in this area. The issue of climate change requires an in-depth study in that there is a rising disconnect between the increasing public adoption of the prevalence and the critical nature of the dilemmas it presents and the reluctance and even outright hostility by corporate leaders and policy makers, specifically those in the energy exploration and generation industry, to acquiescing with the impacts ...

Higher education in the United States faces a number of challenges because of the opportunity gaps that exist in the society. The opportunity gaps stem from the increase in immigration of minority groups in the society and the lack of affordability for higher education in these minority groups. Despite the current arguments in the United States that there is the attainable American Dream, there are still those persons who cannot access or afford higher education. The truth is that children of lower socio-economic groups will have a more difficult time accessing higher education and this leads to the limitations ...

Jeffrey Williams’ article makes a number of claims that brings about the intense criticism of higher education and the condemnation of academic capitalism. In addition, the author claims that the corporatization of higher education in the last twenty years has impacted the universities because of the focus on “the deteriorating conditions of academic labor” (Williams, par. 1). There is no doubt that the author appeals to those persons who have difficulty accessing higher education mainly because of the high debts associated with accessing higher education in these critical universities. Hanke and Hearn make similar claims to Williams as the ...

Max Weber sees present days and the future ones greatly influenced by pessimistic diagnosis. The concept of the "iron cage", which was developed by Weber, is the result of the rationalization of the business activity, which has led to a surprising economic growth. However, it has created the "iron cage" of capitalism. The negativity of this "iron cage" of capitalism is that it establishes a framework of human lives. Capitalism in its cultural and historical integrity is the main subject of Weber's research. This paper analyzes, whether social capitalism has an alternative or it is an inevitable level of ...

Introduction

Money is a means of payment for services and goods. Money can also be defined as anything that allows us to purchase goods and services (Stanford 2008, 189). Money serves number of functions like measure of value, means of exchange and store of value. These functions often contradict each other and these contradictions may lead to economic crisis.

Function of money

Money: In ancient times, barter system was used for payment of services and commodities. It was difficult to put exchange value on commodities or services rendered. Trading in barter system was highly inefficient, as seller had to find a buyer who ...

The Vietnam War is one of the most controversial and complicated military actions in American history, a confluence of a number of factors that stemmed from post-World War II ideas about America’s place in the world, its relationship with Communism and the Soviet Union, and the increasing presence of the news media in the field of battle. In the Cold War following World War II, in which America turned its attention (and its weapons) to the cultural and ideological threat of Communism. However, the staggering defeats US military forces experienced, combined with the malaise and resistance provided by ...

With the fossil fuel energies and oil fast depleting, the industrial civilization is at a crossroad. After all, the entire infrastructure behind industrial technologies is aging and needs a new perspective. Governments and businesses are in a tight spot with riding debts and unemployment. Ever since the 2008 economic recession, the governments, business communities and civil societies are at loggerheads as to how to revitalize the global economy and help the world grow and self-sustain (Rifkin 1). Clearly, the era of great energy is over. A bold new economic narrative is repaired to transform the society. 1.1 A New ...

Introduction

The capitalist production relies mostly on the scientific application of management principles which entail antagonistic social relations with production being the central focus of managers. This implies that the human point of view is not recognized and the only ideas workers should subscribe to are those of the management. An analysis, therefore, proves that capitalist production leads to adverse social consequences that tend to subdivide workers instead of bringing them together. Capitalist production degrades work since it makes workers behave like machines thereby neglecting the need to consider the human point of view during production. The essay, therefore, draws ...

The corporate world is characterized by different leadership styles. The leadership style chosen may result in either profits or losses. The chosen leadership style often depends on a leader’s personality and perspective on different issues. There are those who believe that leadership involves making all the decisions; therefore, adopt an industrial approach. However, most successful leaders believe in dialogue before making any decision. These leaders consider the views of all relevant stakeholders; thus, embrace a servant leadership perspective. John Mackey, CEO, and co-founder of Whole Foods has been termed as a controversial and liberal leader. Mackey’s leadership ...

INTRODUCTION

This paper outlines Marxian concepts in Workfare Street Cleaner, Crime Scene Cleaner, Poultry Factory Worker, and Stripper as in Bowe J Bowe’s book Gig: Americans talk about their jobs. The paper will use case studies drawn from Bowe’s book to explain the concepts. The study shows how Americans feel about their jobs and then relates their opinions to the concepts of Marxist theory.

CRIME SCENE CLEANER

Neal Smither is the owner of Crime Scene Cleaners. Their work involves cleaning up death scenes like homicides, accidental deaths, and suicide. He started the job after he lost his job at a mortgage-banking ...

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Introduction

Components of a networked community Characteristics of a network society Privacy of information Identity and networked communities Effect of emergence of networked society on capital and labor Arguments for a networked society Critiques of the network society Conclusion Reference The Networked Society Introduction In the current world, people have access to adequate, accurate, and timely information. The interconnection of people has been made possible by the tremendous improvement in technology in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The access and affordability of communication devices like computers and phones for a long time has brought about a gradual change ...

Gender Inequality (Unending Nightmare of Sexual Assault)

According to Roberts, Hite, and Chorev (2015), inequality is present with gender, social status, race, ethnicity, and even skin colors. In this case, inequality focuses on gender discrimination. In this world, this vital social disease has been making millions of women suffer for centuries. The most common ideology resulting to women discrimination is that men are superior over women in every aspect of life. Women in America have struggled for years because of gender inequality resulting to lack and denial of rights. In the early years, women were deprived of so many things like education, right to vote, and ...

This paper argues that private property is an enduring than a universal feature of our existence as are other elements such as migration, markets, and the State. Private property is both the cause and result of capital and labour in an individualistic society. This description means that it serves both as the cause and consequence of alienated labor. The form of object ownership is one of the enduring aspects of humanity. Throughout history and ages, humans have acquired and valued objects as well as ideas to advance their existence. This realization shows that property is a vital part of ...

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Are the Rich Getting Richer and the Poor Getting Poorer Still Today Introduction Nowadays there is a lot of discussion whether the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer in the modern world. The answer to this question lies in the very understanding of poverty. Various economic schools employ different approaches when describing the causes of poverty. Therefore, they give different answers to the question mentioned above. Some of them think that the statement about the enrichment of the rich and the impoverishment of ...

Good Bye, Lenin

“Everything begins with Marx, continues on with Lenin, and ends with the refrain, Welcome, Mr. Brezhnev”, says the classics of critical theory. How come socialist revolutions begin with bright slogans and promises of the emancipation of every social group but soon end up with Stasi, KGB, Gulags, economic stagnation and deep coma? Why does it need the Wall to be built to prevent the people not from the intervention but from escaping if, by theory, everything is made in sake of people’s happiness? The destinies of the characters of Good Bye Lenin movie (like many of people from ...

Writings of Max Weber are representing fundamental importance to Sociology as scientific discipline. While different concepts were still not described, he has tried to clear up situations considering power, people attitudes, economy, and religion and even give them definitions which we are interpreting till nowadays. His works are without doubt having particular semantic load. This makes them harder to read but more challenging to explain. While analyzing different concepts described by Weber we should also take into consideration time when he was writing and influence of European, precisely, German politics and economics which somehow could have been different from ...

Cultural and Creative Industries

Cultural and creative industries mean various economic activities concerning the creation or exploitation of information and knowledge. They have been an essential part of people’s lives and social advancement. These spheres are closely connected with production of things and ideas nobody knew about before. Cultural and creative industries are based on an intellectual activity of people. Innovations help to reduce cost of productions and to design new highly developed goods. They are the engine for progress and development of human thoughts. Nowadays, the role of cultural and creative industries start to be more and more important, and the ...

Should we be More Concerned by the Gap in Wealth between Nations, or the Growing Gap within Many Nations? Are the Causes of These Two Types of Inequalities are the Same?

Should we be More Concerned by the Gap in Wealth between Nations, or the Growing Gap within Many Nations?

The issue and the problem of inequality between nations is crucial and important in the 21st century society. The gap between rich and poor people is quite high in many countries. Despite that thanks to globalisation and openness to the foreign investment, more and more countries tend to grow economically such as China, India or Vietnam, the poverty rate in the 21st century is still more than fifty ...

Introduction

Globalization has come up with major trends amongst multinational corporations and other ordinary entities. This is because the idea of doing business across different boundaries lends itself to unique and distinct issues and matters. Globalization comes with a high degree of uncertainty because it involves dealing with many issues and matters across boundaries. In the past, most nations around the world were focused on dealing with matters within a given national framework or country. However, multinational entities deal with things that spans across different nations and communities. This comes with major problems and challenges. Furthermore, ethics are subjective. They ...

Playing SPENT was a revealing experience. Being a person who enjoys online games, I eagerly started this assignment. Usually I find online gameplay more therapeutic and numbing than thought provoking, however. My experience with this game was indeed different. Opening up the UI of SPENT, you see a great design with bold typeface that sets the narrative in place. The player reads the set-up across the screen and enters into the world it has created. We are faced at first with macroeconomic statements describing the 14 million Americans experiencing unemployment (SPENT). Next, we are told to imagine ourselves in ...

Literature Review

This section review literature on the responsibility of Western Powers on Civil Wars as well as Rebellion within Eastern and Central Africa. From the reviewed materials, it is evident that the style of Western administration on the African continent left African countries unprepared economically as well as politically for independence. For that reason, it undermined the state of security within most countries from their start of self-governance. The influence of Europe within Africa has contributed significantly in establishing conditions within many countries for rebellion and civil conflict to take place. The Western powers treat African states as strategic economic ...

Introduction

Flushed with confusion the international world of business theory and practice has arrived at an important moment in history. Issues of diversification stimulate the need for global conglomerates to pay attention to how they are planning to add new businesses to the firm, which are really separate from the core product or service. Acquisition and restructuring present challenges as well. Yet the bottom line in the quest for best practices in corporate-level strategies is to win, in terms of competition. One scholar asks the pertinent question whether the merging market economies, of the globe, are causing Asia and Europe ...

The question among a majority of the world population is why some countries are more developed than others are. In the world, United States of America and other European countries are considered to have superior economy compared to the developing countries. The situation is so, despite these countries having a richer economic history and a pool of both natural and human resources. The explanation for this situation remains elusive to many researchers with different reasons fronted by the investigators (Acemoglu, 385). However, to answer this question we need to understand the terminology; economic institution and its link to the ...

Article Summaries

In the last years of the twentieth century, AIDS hit the world. It was a disease that was seen by many as a direct death sentence. HIV, the virus that caused the disease, is immune to any vaccine or cure. The situation was slowly brought under control in the developed nations. However, in the developing nation, things continued to get worse. In 2002, 25.3 million people in Africa were infected with the disease. In South Africa, 4.7 million people were infected and out of the over 40 million people who were living with the disease, 24.4 million died. Drugs ...

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The article by Alfred Chandler opens the topic, which has resonance and gives purpose for long discussion next to it. The question why some country’s economy growth is fast and others not, and how modern management techniques are related to it. It is arguable and interesting at the same time. Therefore, after first step was done and the opinion on the subject was formed, it can be supposed that next author’s task of making critical reviews, additions and contradictions were easier. Let us compare one of such following works by Albert Fishlow, whose opinion on monopoly and ...

Responses#4 (Significance of the text)

Policing the Crisis The study “Policing the Crisis” focuses mainly on a moral panic over “mugging” that took place in the 1970s. During the 70s period the first occurrence over mugging in Britain regarding moral panic. Mugging word has used in this chapter that not only refers to a crime but it also taken as a reasonable exercise of judicial power. The word mugging had first utilized in the USA and referred to those that being robbed by a black man. Moreover, it shows that behavior of black men has become dangerous to peaceful men, so this was enough ...

Introduction

In the modern international landscape, who or what is able to obtain and exert power? Globalization has completely transformed the fundamental nature of how individuals and countries relate to each other. Thomas L. Friedman’s “Globalization: The Super Story” published in 2002 as part of a larger text entitled Longitudes and Latitudes: Exploring the World After September 11, asserts that three types of power exist within the systematic structures of globalization. Those three forms of power include that between conventional nation-states, global markets and nation-states, and individuals and nation-states (Friedman 392-393). Friedman also asserts that the systematic structures inherent ...

`The 'Gospel of Wealth' is an argumentative and persuasive essay that was written by Andrew Carnegie in 1889. It was published by the North American Review journal under the title, ‘Wealth’. However, it was later changed to 'Gospel of Wealth' in 1908 (Carnegie and Hutner, 34). This essay described the responsibilities of the wealthy businessmen in making a better society through philanthropy. Andrew Carnegie was a poor immigrant with a Scottish descent. Later, he became a successful businessman who accumulated a lot of wealth in his steel business. His target audience was the rich people in society. He His ...

Thesis Statement

Businesses operations in today’s world cannot survive without providing benefits to the society within which they operate. Creating Shared Value (CSV) is an idea that gained prominence in 2011, and it goes beyond the corporate social responsibility of a company which several companies adopt in a vain effort to create a false picture of societal concern. Nestle decided to go against the latter and took the idea in 2006, and this paper elaborates how it has gone about it, the company's vision and mission statement and its current standing via a SWOT analysis.

Theory of the Firm

Nestle is a company committed ...

1(a) Weber

Max Weber was a widely acclaimed philosopher of German descent. He is the brainchild behind the Weberian theory. The work of Max Weber, a prominent sociologist, and political economist, the Weberian theory had a profound effect on social theory research and the discipline of sociology. A classic sociologist, Weber subscribed to Marxist ideas but nevertheless was critical to the viability of the idea of communism formulated by Karl Marx. The Weberian theory places a lot of emphasis on societal social stratification. According to Max Weber, Class, status and power are the fundamental components of the theory. Class according to ...

Introduction

The business literature is replete with different concepts and theoretical approaches. Despite the fact that many efforts have been spent by the theoreticians to develop them, only a few manage to survive the dynamics of contemporary business revolution. The concept of managerial economics developed by Professor Alfred Chandler in the early 1960 is among the few concepts that did. The main rationale behind his theory is linking internal structures, strategic decisions and corporate performance of the business institutions (Chandler, 2005). Although this theoretical framework attracted much criticism from both the academicians and the business practitioners, it is in use ...

Relation to neo-Marxism

Introduction The Cuban missile crisis marked one of the most turbulent times in our history. It was sparked by the deployment of nuclear missiles by the Soviet Union, in Cuba, in 1962. The world was on the brink of nuclear disaster. This paper seeks to analyze the underlying reasons, the influence of neo-Marxism and its role in the development and exacerbation of the Cuban missile crisis.

What is neo-Marxism

Before we embark on the underlying causes of the Cuban missile crisis, it is important to understand the basic differences between tenets of old school Marxism and neo-Marxism – its evolution, historical impact and ...

The Consumer is the ultimate target of any production process. The welfare of the consumer is as important as the satisfaction they need to derive from goods and services. All companies are not viewed as equal by the consumer for many reasons. First, companies produce different products and the products have different uses for the consumers. Secondly, the products that different companies produce have different effects on the environment and the health of consumers (Trienekens&Zuurbier, 2008). Consequently, companies face different expectations from the public. Enterprises that produce healthy foods and other products that have not adverse effects on the ...

1.What is the best use of power for the members of constitutional convention to setup a practice using people to count population for political seats if those people did not have representation? The American constitutional convention of 1787 marked a defiant stand by the southern states when they demanded the count of political seats in the legislature on the basis of their slave population, in spite of the fact that the slaves were denied any voting rights. The northern states took a stand against the slavery system and tried to limit the southern seats so as to have a ...

According to Drake, the process of representation and taxation for the federal government appears in the three-fifths compromise (238). It involved determining whether slaves would be counted as part of the general population. The southern and the northern states differed when it came to a counting of the slaves. The states of the South supported the representation of slaves. Despite this want, they did not want to pay more taxes for the slaves because slaves were seen as part of their property. The northern states, on the other hand, did not support the counting of slaves for representation. An ...

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Part A: Plan of Investigation How did Lenin’s war communism policy compare and contrast with his new economic policy? (1921-1928). It is imperative to know the history of the current communism present in Russia and thoroughly understand its roots that started to take roots after the First World War. This paper investigates the similarities and differences that existed in the economic policies during Lenin's reign in Russia. Understanding the War Communism that set the foundation for the New Economic Policy is of importance so at to review the progressive nature of the country's economy. In as much as ...

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Is World-System a Useful Tool to Understand Globalization?

Introduction Alongside many theories behind the rise of globalization, the world systems theory is perhaps the most accepted and recognized. According to proponents of this theory, globalization is largely influenced by capitalism, which emerged in the 16th century in Europe. Driven by a capitalist economy, Europeans spread out to different parts of the globe and in the process, absorbed “all existing mini systems and world-empires, establishing market and production networks that eventually brought all peoples around the world into its logic and into a single worldwide structure” (Robinson, 2007, p.128). The world systems view is believed to ...

Two men who made an impact both positive and negative in society with their ideas, inventions, and economic impact were Max Weber and Frederick Taylor. Max Weber was known for his passion for sociology. He was one of the men who brought this type of subject to life and was proud of his accomplishments concerning every aspect of sociology. Frederick Taylor was known for his engineering and inventions. He has a title of being considered the “father of scientific management” . He has many contributions that he has set in place for the future of engineering development. Max Weber was ...

Almost everyone encounters scarcity and is forced to cope with the circumstances it brings. It affects individuals, families, societies, and countries. Scarcity can only be dealt with by the choices we make. Since everyone is entitled to make personal decisions, it stands, that each will utilize a different framework or reasoning to come up with the choices. Due to scarcities, people and societies are forced to answer three primary queries: how will the goods be produced, who will consume them, and what products will be produced? Various economic systems respond to the questions differently. This paper directs its focus ...

The three basic economic questions are:

What to produce: The very first question that an economy needs to answer is what goods are to be produced. Human wants are unlimited but the resources required to fulfill the wants are scarce. So the resources should be allocated carefully to meet the wants so that the most important and essential wants are can be met first and then the less important ones follow. How to produce: There are a number of ways to produce any good. The study of economics also deals with the processes to be followed in the production. That is the choice of technique. ...

Introduction

There can be no denial of the fact that globalization has come to become the most influential phenomenon in the modern day world. Globalization has come to influence many aspects of human life and existence. In a world that is greatly diversified, globalization has emerged as the omnipotent and omniscient force that has come to exercise its influence on societies, cultures, identities and communication. A close introspection of the intertwined relationship of culture, communication and globalization would enable one to have a better comprehension of the occurrence and the dynamics of the various spheres. There can be an extensive ...

One of the most common environmental pollution observed in many parts of the world is the formation of haze. This phenomenon is predominantly visible in those geographies where the air pollution is on the higher side, which may be multiple times more than what has been believed to be safe. Essentially, haze which appears as a blanket of smoke over a wide area occurs when the tiny invisible pollutants suspended in the air absorbs and scatters sunlight thereby reducing the clarity of our vision to a great extent . Air pollution, the primary factor behind haze can be either natural ...

International Law and Global Inequality

The simple basic definition of international law is a group of rules that countries observe when interacting with each other. There are three distinct legal directions in the international law and they are: Public International Law that involves the relationship between sovereign nations and international legal entities as the International Court; Private International Law which deals with questions when jurisdictions are in conflict and Supranational Law like treaties, conventions, etc., that the states adopt in a voluntary and collective way. Logically, three more questions are outlined as: is the International law a real law like the national laws; where ...

Discovery of Americas and its Impact on Commerce, Navigation, and Industrialization

Introduction The European exploration efforts and the subsequent discovery of the Americans was in the simplest terms, a capitalistic venture. Of course, it was accidental, but its primary goal had been to find a new sea route to the orient. The European desire to make more profits by cutting out the Arabs and Turkish nations from the trade is typical of any capitalistic venture. In addition, the idealistic desire to expand the horizons of the European reach coupled with the optimistic search for a completely new way of reaching the Orient was demonstrated in the efforts of Columbus and ...

Still archrivals, the USA and Russia have not only the different perception of the political world making for their incompatibility, but also quite different political cultures. Liberty-wise, the USA is an oasis of human rights and liberties while, in Russia, people are sometimes not even at liberty to leave the country for a holiday. The USA scores much higher on the index of equal money-earning and political opportunities. Russia tops the USA with regard to corruption and the lack of the rule of law, the latter being important in the west. Beyond that, the USA is a resident’ centric, ...

When it comes to defining and constructing a theory of culture, Max Weber and Clifford Geertz agree that culture is constructed by man, who is “an animal suspended in the webs of significance he himself has spun” (Geertz, 5). In other words, culture is a human creation, and in order to understand any one particular culture, one has to look at how it has been built. While any theory of culture, is of course, biased in part by the culture of the theorist in question, each of these authors provides us with tools for deconstructing culture and finding meaning ...

Introduction

Public Service Broadcasting (hereafter referred to as PSB) refers to programmes in the media broadcast for the public benefit rather than for purely commercial purposes. This form of communication seek to promote the national interest as opposed to the interest of making profits. This business model was very much important and vital in the 20th Century when national integrity was the priority of most states. However, in today’s world, PSB is widely criticised as being forced upon people who do not see the essence of maintaining public polity and its related structures. This argument is premised on the ...

What is competition between small businesses? Developing a competitive edge as a small business presents several adversaries and challenges if the small business owner does not conduct the proper research and analysis of the industry that he or se intends to enter. Cited by Enz(2010), Michael Porter (1985), states that “to have a competitive advantage a firm must create superior value for buyers by offering lower prices than competitors for equivalent services or by providing unique services that a buyer is willing to pay for at a premium price”(p 297). Offering unique products and services to customer ...

Made In China: Chinese Artistic Representations of Capitalist Consumption

In this exhibition, themes of appropriation and authenticity play themselves out in the works of Chinese artists Ai Wei Wei, Tamen, and Liu Bolin. Ai Wei Wei challenges us to reconsider what is authentic and what is consumerism. Liu Bolin’s works represents consumerism in the style of the vacation postcard — except in his photographs, the figure is camouflaged, evocative of the notion of China incorporated into a culture, but not identified. Ta Men’s paintings evoke the original anecdote of authenticity and food in the North American imagination. Chinese art that represents capitalist consumption brings to mind two ...

Earth’s quickly changing climate is a hot topic today. Among the young and old, the issue is debated passionately as individuals argue whether it is even happening and why. The Some believe climate change is still up for debate, the history surrounding the issue proves the Earth’s environment is, indeed, changing, and humans may be the only cause to blame. The CO2 emissions and various forms of pollution have been observed for years. While many attempt to correct what we have done to the planet, others speculate it may be too late to repair the damage we ...

Earth’s quickly changing climate is a hot topic today. Among the young and old, the issue is debated passionately as individuals argue whether it is even happening and why. The Some believe climate change is still up for debate, the history surrounding the issue proves the Earth’s environment is, indeed, changing, and humans may be the only cause to blame. The CO2 emissions and various forms of pollution have been observed for years. While many attempt to correct what we have done to the planet, others speculate it may be too late to repair the damage we ...

Social Class and Education

Social Class and Education

Introduction

There is an increasing population in many regions of the world today. This increase comes with an increased diversification in the major sectors of the world including the political, social, and economic sectors. This diversification in these sectors contributes to the rapid development of social classes in these regions. The social classes are the various groupings in the societies with which particular individuals identify themselves. On the other hand, the increasing globalization and challenges in various political, social and economic segments have promoted the increase in the levels of education in various regions around the ...

PRC, USSR and Socialism

Introduction Socialism is a system of government and authority whose primary characteristic is the denial or repudiation of individual property rights. Under this system of governance, individuals do not enjoy the right to own property; rather this right is vested in the society. All property is owned by the society and individuals cannot stake an individual claim on any. Distribution and production are controlled by the government and the state. As a form of governance, socialism has been practiced in several states in the world throughout the years. The proponents of socialism have often suggested several goals that this ...

Social loafing refers to the occurrence of the people becoming less productive in groups as opposed to individuals. In most cases, the group members look up on each other thereby becoming unproductive. Nonetheless, there are different factors that contribute to social loafing, for instances, the culture. Most people adhere and uphold their cultures. According to Shiraev, & Levy (2001), if ones’ culture advocates communism then it is less likely that an individual will practice social phenomenon and vice versa. Therefore, social loafing greatly depends on the people’s culture because it dictates on what people should do and what to ...

With the increasing ubiquity of the Internet, and the post-recession job market becoming increasingly unstable, part-time or freelance work is becoming more of the norm among many Americans (Elmore and Massey 109). One of the most prevalent jobs is in online freelance writing, which can be performed in a variety of capacities for all number of clients – from online article writing to advertising copy to a number of other contexts. Online freelance writers are a form of independent contractors who typically work from home or a space of their choosing, are self-employed, and work for private clients or for ...

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Introduction Slavery is often considered as a social institution or an established practice that has existed since the early history of mankind and is present in almost all regions of the world. Among the earliest accounts of slavery were found in the ancient cities of Mesopotamia as early as 2,300 B.C.. However, it could not be fully established as to when slavery actually started as its genesis was lost in the passage of time. An important point to consider though in studying the origins of slavery is that it could not have existed during the time ...

Proposed the presence of a steady clash between proprietors of the method for creation and those men and ladies who were subordinate upon the specific first class for wages and advantages, Karl Marx and Frederick Engles were the ones who are responsible for contributing that perspective in our world history. Different scholars have different opinions and ideas about the proper evaluation of world history before or after the change in the production process because of the Industrial Revolution. At issue in this is a rundown of the perspectives given by Marx and Engels, an examination of that view to ...

Cuba, just like many other communist countries did not subscribe Western ideologies especially after Fidel Castro came into power and subscribed to communism. The country and its people have not in the past welcomed nontraditional tendencies such as same sex marriages and relationships. The hawk-eyed leadership is keen on anything and everything that goes on within the boundaries of Cuba. The movie Strawberry and Chocolate by Gutierrez Alea shows how much freedom was lacking slowly but surely dawning on this communist nation. To have a man who is gay and one who behaves and acts as one before a ...