Social constructionism, though, is by far the best lens to view and dialectically deconstruct destructive ideas that further inequality and disparity. The roots of inequality founded within globalization are mired in individual desires (i.e. the need to acquire wealth), but generate into a much larger issue that spans the entire continent. ... Job scarcity, poor living conditions that compound crime, violence, and drug abuse issues in these marginalized groups enhance an already problematic situation of basic survival in the American economy. ... The social construction of the personalities...

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One distinctly polarizing issue argued by socialists and defended by individualists is whether the entrepreneur is entitled to his profits. ... Marx's critique of the entrepreneur is considered the foundation for socialist thought on the issue; however, the English entrepreneur Robert Owen suggested a model where profits from production were to be divided amongst the owner to be reinvested in capital and redistributed to the workers to improve social welfare, (60). ... While the contrast between individualists and socialists is strong on this single issue, it is not limited to entitlement...

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This idea has been birthed by Polanyi's insight into the changing patterns of markets and their role in respect to social life as the economy becomes more industrialised. ... In the contemporary socio-economic sphere, Polanyi's analysis of market patterns and progression of markets can become increasingly relevant to investigating current socio-economic policy issues. When Polanyi's theory is extended to the real world it especially provides insight into the issues pertaining towards the labour market. ... Due to this pervasive unfairness, the area is extremely important for soc...

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4a) The government should ensure that conditions exist for the proper functioning of the market mechanism. One of the basics of the market is that individuals must be free to follow their interests. The government must insure that individuals are protected against the forceful tactics of the indivi...

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Max Weber was a German economist and a social historian in the late 19th and early 20th century. ... Critical issues in the American experience such as " The place of religion in a secular society" and "The question of mission", were reflected in Max Weber's ideas and in one of his best-known works, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Max Weber visited United States in the Summer of 1904, were he explored the issues of religion. Weber's experience in the United States left him an impression on him, ...the social and economic relevance of the intera...

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Seeding the idea of government as guarantor, the New Deal established a collection of agencies to focus on various economic and social issues. ... FDR implemented the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act to regulate the issuance and management of publicly traded stocks. ... Balancing the welfare state with capitalism, under the New Deal government regulation of business and industry, spending to aid the poor and the promotion of social justice all increased. ... Long's approach to resolving the issues of the Great Depression, called "Share Our Wealth" clubs, was the estab...

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The film "Mean Things Happen" visited the times of the great depression from a social as well as economic standpoint. ... Social and economic stratification were also issues that were boldly outlined in the film. ... Mitchell saw to it that sharecroppers got their share of the government payments that were issued to the landlords. ...

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O.Wilde and B.Shaw were born during the Victorian period and were Irish.Both of them were against Victorian Capitalism.O.Wilde believed that capitalism and the morals it represented denied people their right to live their life as they wanted.He dreamed of a society with freedom of expression,where art and literature would play an important role.Furthermore he believed that socialism would bring the end of marriage as it was.Relationships would became more free and people wouldn't marry,according to their social status.Also it would mean the end of crime as people would have enough to eat....

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He has tried to elucidate readers of the nineteenth-century about his ideas regarding social and economic reform and warns them of the perceived evils in the existing social and economic systems. ... I personally feel the labor issue that he describes in the novel is very similar to one based on the communist ideology that was flourishing in Europe at that time. ... So, if people are motivated to work for the social good than for selfish reasons like monetary incentives, a better society can be witnessed. ... This clearly shows that no system can be perfect as various issues like these can st...

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This is an issue of great importance to feminism. ... Confining the concept of equality to equality of opportunity rather than equality of outcome (really substantive equality), is a subterfuge employed over centuries by apologists for capitalism, with the purpose of constraining consideration of solutions to social problems within the limits of that subset of solutions which do not bring into question the social system itself. ... In the cause of women's emancipation, equality must be defined (as it has been) in terms of actually existing needs and substance, and thus presents an ...

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Under a free market system, the task of achieving the most desired economic or social outcomes is relatively complex. ... However, this is partially based on private economic interests failing to regard social factors. ... Free markets tend to increase the inequality over time, as a wealthy economy is at the cost of social inequality. ... Another issue with only the market economy running, includes unfair distribution of income based on an individual's ownership of factors of production. ... Free markets economies fail to incorporate the economic and social concerns of individual sell...

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His writings caused him to be thought of as a social thinker and were deeply personal, sometimes containing first hand accounts of his own life. ... Watkins considers the story to be a "symbolic formulation of social life in the grip of capitalism- (295). ... She uses the money to further her social position. Capitalism is a social "process that uses material things as moments in its continuously dynamic existence- (Watkins 296). Watkins comments on Lawrence's use of money by saying: His understanding of this issue is evident not only in the way he introduces money at the beginning...

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They thought that social assistance and other forms of welfare were adequate to live a normal life. ... Any student, who has taken Social 30, could compare the two scenes using Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. ... The juxtaposition really supported his perspective on the issue. ... For instance, the whole issue of laying off workers stems back to a corporation trying to maximize its profit margin. ... Also, the scene with the woman and her rabbits seemed to display the inadequacy of the social assistance programs in America. ...

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Whether it is falling investment and rising unemployment, debt crises, work stoppages, rapidly rising inventories, or any number of other problems, the transactions that make up the so-called market are always capable of generating social problems and sometimes very severe social problems. ... As the Communist Party prizes nothing else above social stability, this could potentially be the country's most explosive social challenge. ... These migrant workers will typically work for a lesser wage than the city dwellers and are causing unemployment issues for those who would otherwise have ...

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The "uncivilized" woman is a slave or a serf or a laborer, or from a "savage" race, is even more handicapped by her social role and her natural abilities. ... In this research on children's responses to maternal employment it includes: general mental health, social adjustment, cognitive ability, and achievement motivation. ... Labor unions are critical social institutions because men control the labor market and women's work. ... In order to combat the problem of the feminization of poverty the United States Congress and the President will have to not only come up with a better welfa...

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Such levels of agreement are rare in the social sciences and unknown in the international relations. ... Marxist theory also presumed that the proletariat would be united despite of all the borders and would not be concern with race or culture issues; religion according to Marx and Engels would not play any part at all when all the suppression is over. ... In Marx's view the dominant classes have had the capacity to exploit the members of the subordinate classes and this has been the main cause of social conflict. ... For instance, the link between Marx's method of historical abstra...

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Capitalism is the social system based upon private ownership of the means of production which entails a completely uncontrolled and unregulated economy where all land is privately owned. ... Since very early times human beings have relentlessly sought after the organization of social and economic systems. ... While many political, economic, and social systems attempt to eliminate this modern form of natural selection, capitalism and similar economic structures preserve social inequality in many forms. ... The planners of this communist nation issued a plan that fact...

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Louisa represents how higher social classes alienated their children, strangled individuality, destroyed beauty and stifled creativity. ... Hard Times is a scathing satire that brings to light core issues with the industrialist time period....

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Think about the United States Post Office, the Department of Licensing, and Social Security. ... We do not have issues with them purely because they are communists, there have always been underlying conflicts. ... It focuses on the idea of an economic and social system characterized by collective ownership, production, and co-operative management of the economy. ... Many more countries could start seeing the blueprint laid out by western European countries and join in on the social-democratic party. ...

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The fourth and final part of Marx's theory states that, "The worker is alienated from other men, since capitalism transforms social relations into market relations, and people are judged by their position in the market rather than by their human qualities (Abercrombie)." This suggestion implies that because we lose the emotional bonds, work stops becoming social and people lose contact with other people in an emotional sense, only conversing for business purposes. ... We do have business relations but they are casual and we can maintain a social atmosphere at the same time. ... Upon ent...

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An interesting point is that Stalin thought that social democracy and fascism were twins. ... The plan or strategy of fascist regime can be outlined as follows: triumph of a leader (one or few people raise up and concentrate power), then it looms, and progresses, spreads over the masses and overwhelms control; it directs, supervises and eliminates any objections in military machine and removes potential rebelling issues from crowds. ...

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In Mary Shelley's book Frankenstein, Shelley outlines the socio-economic issues of her time period as theorized by Karl Marx in his Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844. ... The capitalist system degrades work to an act of economic practice, while Marx states that work is a social activity meant for the betterment of the community. ...

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In the early 1900's America was in a time of reform, moving into a new era full of progress and prosperity. The new ability to mass produce things like transportation, housing, and communications brought an increase in supply and contributed to the public's consumption of more goods. Many movements ...

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Yonnondio is set in the twenties; however, Tillie Olsen describes this book as "a novel of the 1930's" because this prose is a forum to address political and social conditions of the thirties. ... These issues are addressed again when a worker, Tracy, revolts against the employer's wishes. ...

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