Privatization

Since television watching is now a mobile activity, our mass media has formally changed with this idea. Stephen Groening exemplifies the relationships between institution and the individual by expanding on the idea of “mobile privatization”. The concept of mobile privatization refers to the same appeal of ‘comfort’ that you would receive while at home, but experiencing this comfort through your cell phone, while in a mobile environment (bus, office, park). Groening outwardly admits in his essay…

“The United States leads the world in incarceration”(Fagin,2013). Over 1.6 men and women were held in state and federal prisons in 2009. There are many different crimes to be dealt with, which means there must be different types of prisons to meet the needs of these inmates. Many people would argue that the sole function of prison is to punish,many progressive criminal justice professionals are committed to rehabilitating offenders and providing them a chance to turn their lives around. The…

The United States Social Security, the single most depended on welfare program across America, is in danger. Researchers have discovered that the Social Security program, newly named Old Age Survivor Disability Insurance, is deteriorating. Insolvency is deemed the forthcoming issue regarding the downfall of America's largest safety net. By the year 2034, the OASDI trust fund will only be able to pay out 75% of its debt owed to the millions of Americans advancing into their retirement years…

the criminological imagination. He argues that criminology has become ‘Americanized.’ The idea that criminology has been Americanized means that those in other countries are following through American ideas one of which relates to privatization of prisons. Privatization of prisons has been adopted over many countries including the U.K this suggests Americas idea upon capitalism and gaining profit is being used. This means the reasons to why there has been an increase in prison rates goes…

World Trade Organization. Traditionally, the 20th century nation-states sought to regulate private corporations through governmental regulations, yet the increasing power of the private sector (privatization) dominates the terms of global trade and economic regulations: Structural adjustment and privatization have been the key strategies to promote globalization of capitalism and surplus accumulation of capital. Consequently, the welfare state has been dismantled in favor of corporate…

Putin implemented a series of economic reforms such as: simplifying the tax system, reducing tax rates, the privatization of agricultural land, and a transition into a simpler to obtain business registration along with licensing requirements. These reforms helped the Russian economy to a great extent and helped Putin’s popularity thrive. “With average real GDP growth…

multiple multinational corporations (MNC’s)s, such as Enron and Shell (Hindery 281). Between 1997 and 2001, investment rose nearly five times than what was invested in the pre-privatization years (Hindery 282). The privatization of YPFB was spurred by U.S economic interests, due to the indication that funding privatization would benefit investors, create demand for equipment, open new markets, and create jobs (Hindery 288). The World Bank supported modification of policies, in hopes of the…

positives and negatives of the main arguments Münkler highlights as the prominent features of the twenty-first century and how such wars, constitute as ‘new wars’. The author explores three key features: asymmetry, demilitarization and the return of privatization and commercialization since the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The first section of this article review will outline Münkler’s article and summaries the key areas of which he focuses on. The second section of this article review…

Humans are inquisitive creatures who have reached beyond the stars to satisfy their curiosity. In particular, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a government agency that oversees U.S. aeronautics and aerospace programs and research, wants to “reach for new heights and reveal the unknown for the benefit of humankind” (Wilson). NASA has been a national icon for space exploration for nearly 60 years (Simpson). In the 20th century, the U.S. engaged in the space race, a…

flexible accumulation, where both physical capital and finance are allowed mobility. The state and labor became too powerful and costly under Fordism, causing capital to revolt with globalization and neoliberalization, including free trade and the privatization of institutions. Capital restructures itself by removing itself from labor and state. Capital then looked to redefine the state’s role in society, turning it from a Keynesian model to a neoliberal one by bringing it under its control and…