Educational inequality is a reflection of wider social inequalities. ... Why then, is the achievement gap between social classes an issue? ... In this respect, an ideology is fundamental as to how government will explain, or indeed attempt to deal with a public or social issue such as educational inequality. ... This creates an unfair advantage and reproducing social inequalities over time and generations (Eccleshall et al., 1999:34). ... Social democratic regimes provide the highest degree of social welfare. ...

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Modernism describes the process whereby which societies progress through time, due to increases in the complexity of technology and social organization (Streeter, 2009). ... Capitalism, by definition, refers to a system organized around common ideas which generate progressive success and economic and thus, social growth. ... Capitalism in the form of feudalism began in the 12th century as a response to issues in the supply and demand of agricultural land. ... (Moseley, 2009) The current economic crisis in America validates the existence of issues that arise within the modernism of capitalism...

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The 2008 crash created issues not only for the lower and middle class, yet as well as the wealthy. ... Throughout the past few years, several revolutions have attempted to bring these issues to light, such as the Occupy Wall Street movement of 2011. ... The U.S. government should be present throughout all of this commotion; not only are the wealthy taking advantage of the lower and middle class but the government is not doing anything to fix this issue, yet there using tax payers money for social purposes. ... Zhu reinstates "If the wealth or income gap in a country or region between the ...

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Adam Smith was an economist who wrote the book "A Wealth of Nations" which laid the framework of a free-market economy which included and disputed issues of economic freedom. ... The Industrial Revolution did not only affect society economically, but also politically and socially.... Socially, due to the population explosion more food began to get consumed. ... Women now worked and began to gain rights in political issues. ... Unlike some of the other types of revolutions that England had seen before, this would be a peaceful revolution that would help society grow economically, politically,...

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I will also look at and discuss the various roles played by the different factions/classes of society and look at the significance of the transition from feudalism to capitalism examining the social and economical connotations of class conflict and social mobility, both of which are commonly associated with Marxism. ... In doing this I should be able to identify the key issues relating to the topic and by deducing what changes if any, occurred and who were the ones to benefit if any changes did indeed occur, I should then be able to draw a conclusion as to why the Marxist historians see the F...

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This quote serves the basis for one of Karl Marx's more popular theories, Social Conflict, which serves as the framework for my research paper. Social conflict theory was chosen for this research paper because I believe it is present in all societies on our planet. ... In 1979 an author named Irving Kristol explained that inequality, despite any empirical evidence, does not prove inequality to be an important issue. ... After applying the social conflict theory to this article and the above hypothesis we can see why some do believe there is some correlation between the two. ... Social con...

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The surrounding commercials provide the income for a news program that highlights the entertaining issues of the world. ... Commercials have the power to influence the social norms and values. ... Today's commercials are psychologically created to produce a sense of social acceptance, sexual appeal and a great life. Powers and Postman compare commercials to modern day bible parables in which lessons and social norms are learnt. ... They write, "Whatever problem you face (lack of self-esteem, lack of attractiveness, lack of social acceptance), it can be solved fast and solved through a dru...

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Part A Even a brief glance at a major newspaper reveals a wide range of social problems. Choose one social problem. ... In Greece, people had resentments and anger because of the instability of their social security. ... These conflicts are related to political conflicts because they can change policies or social systems. ... These strikes brought huge crowds of people to the streets and made them pay more attention to the issues in Greece. ...

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For Mill diversity is a social good, different people with different opinions, different skills, doing different work for their own private achievements are some of the elements that make a society great. ... In response to this, Mill would direct his argument to the point that the best quality and price of an item is produced through a competitive free-trade market, therefore, it is a social good. ... Another issue Mill addresses is whether people should be free to advise or prompt others to act a certain way. ... However, for Marx, the free sharing of ideas simply contributes to the une...

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Table of Contents Introduction 2 Economic Theories 4 Impact Analysis ..6 Graphs ..........8 Current Issue Analysis 10 Researcher Conclusion ..12 Works Cited 13 Introduction "The history of society is the history of struggles between social classes (Rader, M. 145)."" ... In his writings Marx, criticized political and social conditions. ... Current Issues The current issue that still ...

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The lack of cleanliness and respect for the quality of food in the meatpacking industry is an important aspect of the exposure Sinclair was trying to portray to readers about the social injustices in the "progressive" industrialized society that was America. ... His exposure through a story people of the time period could identify with helps support the social injustices Sinclair was hoping to expose. ... With this demand came corruption and social injustice. ... Through his exploitation of major issues occurring in the progressive industrialized America, Sinclair helped make bre...

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People who have much wealth occupy the top classes of society and enjoy the most privileges as brought on by their wealth and social status. In contrast, people who are poor have little or no access to these privileges and are often banished in terms of education and social services. ... Smith argued that "state and personal efforts, to promote social good are ineffectual compared to unbridled market forces" (___). ... Today's issue concerning the income inequality in the United States relate much to both Smith's and Marx's theory. ... The Wall Street protest is a great example...

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Marx claims that the forces of production develop faster than social order, which occurred in the change from feudalism to Bourgeoisie capitalism. ... And that cultural revolutions were really the product of deeper economic issues expressed the class antagonisms. ... The central issues of conflict in the world today are religion, ethnicity, race, gender, sexuality, etc. ...

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Ruckus's sad story highlights the many injustices and pitfalls of American political and social systems, and reflects Upton Sinclair's outlook on eradicating capitalism and eliminating its communal evils, with his socialist views. ... Sinclair, however, did not succeed in promoting his thesis in The Jungle about eradicating capitalism and eliminating its social evils. ... Another huge issue once Jurgis returned to work was that someone had taken his spot, someone more fast paces, and they would not change that. ...

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The definition for capitalism is "a type of social system that separates the economy from the government. ... The government looked the other way when it came to issues such as child labor and unsafe factory conditions, saying that only factory owners could decide on how to treat their employees. ... Instead of the ownership of private property, the government plays a role as to who gets control social property such as banks and factories. ...

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For Branco, this movement towards overall inequality is due to the low value capitalist nations place upon social programs. ... Critics of a partnership between capitalism and liberal democracy point to the aforementioned political equality as a contentious issue between the two ideologies. ...

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The government has introduced many social welfare programs to counteract the possible shortcomings that certain individuals face. ... The government then issued a statement accepting responsibility for maintaining high levels of employment, reasonably stable prices and sufficient economic growth. ...

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To underscore his laissez-faire convictions, Smith argued that state and personal efforts, to promote social good are ineffectual compared to unbridled market forces. ... He therefore did not direct his attention in The General Theory to the issues of what should be produced and how. ...

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Essentially these associations rest on voluntary membership from those members of society that have a shared interest or concern regarding a particular issue. ... No group will ever get its own way all of the time and most groups will have their policy preferences reflected, over a given period, as Bell writes (1995:27); "... pluralist's maintain that the open and fluid nature of power and the wide array of political issues ensures that no one group systematically dominates political outcomes". ... However going against the elitist view, they say that these people are not in fact elite...

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To underscore his laissez-faire convictions, Smith argued that state and personal efforts, to promote social good are ineffectual compared to unbridled market forces. ... He therefore did not direct his attention in The General Theory to the issues of what should be produced and how. ...

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Heilbroner expounds on this concept saying, "Selfish motives of men are transmuted by interaction to yield social harmony- (Pg 56). ... However, all of Smith's theories up to this point ignore the issue of government. ...

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