Capitalist mode of production

Neoliberalism and political economy Neoliberal political economy is another form of economy within the capitalist mode of production and replacing the Keynesian welfare state with pro corporate state. Post Soviet Union disintegration; most of the state adopted willingly and some places forcibly implemented the neoliberal economy. The neoliberal economy unlike the previous capitalist model came with more unprecedented development advanced information technology and promoting aggressive…

reproductions of traditional and sacred Asantehene regalia in addition to other more contemporary wood carvings reflecting the amalgamation of culture between the West African tribes and an influx of Muslim migrants over the past 75 years; a consequence of capitalist development, following the establishment of a sawmill erected in the city around the late 1950s (ibid:193). As the carving of traditional Asantehene regalia is often ritually restricted by rules of culture and heritage, there is in…

the similarities between commercial surrogacy and the theory of alienation. The theory is from a two-fold Marxist sense, which Karl Marx adopted from G.W.F Hegel. In summary, Marx’s theory of alienation states that “in modern industrial production under capitalist conditions workers will inevitably lose control of their lives by losing…

Marxism believed that our society was in a state of continual conflict between the working class and upper class, this essay will assess the Marxist approach on social class a theory stemmed from the works of Karl Marx, that believes our society to be in a state of constant struggle between the ruling class (bourgeoisie) and the working class (proletariat). Within society, according to social stratification people are placed in particular divisions based on a system of hierarchy. This has…

A change in the paradigm might ascend in moments of grief and profound disarray. The end of the Cold War marked the end of the bipolar world, the expansion of the rapid mode of capitalist production and the permeating of globalization. However the most profound day in history that prompted the greatest shift in the international system was September 11th, 2001. The September 11th terrorist incursion on the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, New York City resonated a large kink in an already…

They argued that ‘Every system of production tends to discourse punishments which correspond to its productive relationships’ Therefore, they suggested that slavery as a kind of punishment is not possible without a slave economy. Additionally, if a slave economy finds the supply of slaves’…

According to Marx, industrial capitalism compels all nations and individuals to adopt the bourgeoisie mode of production (Lauder et al, 2006). By continuing their pro-market reforms and keeping teachers overworked and underpaid, the Chilean government is delegitimizing the role of education and treating it as a commodity to be sold and bartered in a capitalist market. While the government is trying to take steps to improve educational access and outcomes (e.g. promising free education)…

The pre contact Indigenous society was egalitarian, were everyone’s roles were equally valued. Egalitarian does not mean that the roles of each individual were equal but that the tasks of the elderly, the women, and the men were of equal value because the Aboriginal understood that each individual had an equal fundamental worth. For the Indigenous there was no role that was understood as bigger or more important, the roles of the men and women were complimentary to each other. This is the kind…

among parties. Adewunmi (2008) observed that there is no other area of social interaction where the contradictions in a class society are as manifest as in the field of industrial relations. This is the locale where the two major players in the production process- labour and capital are engaged in an endless struggle to control the work process. Central to this conception is power and continuous struggle for control over work and employment relations and other range of related issues. The state…

Theoretical Perspectives and their Implications: In critically examining domestic violence as a legal issue in Canadian society, there are several identifiable sociological theories and perspectives that are reflected in the way we understand domestic violence as a society, and in how we address it as an legal issue. As outlined earlier, this paper focuses on domestic violence against women, predominantly by men, in order to offer more specific insight into the issue. As a result of this focus,…