5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 LIBERAL AND MARXIST PERSPECTIVE Learning Outcome Introduction Thinking about the State The Liberal Perspective of the State The Marxist Perspective New Trends in Marxist and Liberal Thought Conclusion Key Concepts References and Further Reading Activity 4.0 • • • LEARNING OUTCOME Throw light on the Liberal perspective of the State Analyse the views of Marxist scholars on the State‚ and Discuss the new trends in the Liberal and Marxist analyses of the State After reading
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For the Functionalists‚ education performs a positive function for all individuals in society and has a powerful influence over it. The education system serves the needs of an industrial society by providing a more advanced division of labour; socialising new generations into societies shared norms and values and‚ according to meritocratic criteria‚ allocates roles in. Education supposedly meets societies through three related economic roles; socialisation; allocation and vocational training.
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Page 1 Stress is a killer. There is doubt that stress can cause health problems. Daily stressors lead into major health problems. Therefore if you can manage your daily stress you can promote a healthier life. The American Medial Association defines stress‚ as being any disruptions of a person’s mental and physical well being. (4.) My position is that if you balance the stress in your life you can live healthier and prevent certain sicknesses. Not all stress is bad for your body
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OF SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES‚ EXPLAIN HOW SOCIOLOGISTS ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND SOCIETY. The main aim of sociology is to seek an understanding or explanation as to how society functions or operates. There are numerous sociological theories‚ some dating back as early as the 19th century‚ these include Structural and Marxist Functionalism and Social Action theories. Throughout the years these perspectives have gradually been modernised due to the changes that have occurred in society. In this assignment
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Marxist theory This theory was basically ideas of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Both of them were born from Germany. Marx was a student of the most prominent German Idealist Philosopher. Engels was editing a radical journal that written by Karl Marx at the year 1844. Due to this both of them meet and become close friends. Engels start to share his opinion toward capitalism to Marx. After that‚ they decided to work together and become partnership because Marx was good in dealing with difficult
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CRITICALLY EXAMINE WHY THERE ARE MORE SMALL WARS IN AFRICA African history has gone through three major phenomena that are the slave trade‚ colonization and decolonization. Each has its positive and negative impacts on the people‚ the shape of the continent and her economic resources. Slave trade robbed Africa of its best brains as those sold were mainly targeted after challenging the chief an action that by then was a preserve for those with the morale courage to question decisions from the highest
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Marxist sees ‘all social institutions as serving the interests of capitalism’. This including the family‚ it suggests that they help to maintain and justify capitalism by reinforcing class inequality and exploitation from the rich. Another opinion on this is the functionalist approach in which they think the family performs the essential needs of the society. Both Marxist and functionalist ideas contrast as functionalists see society based on value consensus in which everyone agrees whereas Marxists
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Assess the clam that Marxist theory no longer has any relevance for understanding modern societies. [25] Marxism was developed by the German philosopher Karl Marx and is a radical alternative to functionalism. Functionalism‚ developed by Emile Durkheim‚ was very influential in the 1940’s and 50’s but started to decline in the 1960’s. Marxism had the answers functionalism failed to give. Marxism is based on the idea that we need food‚ shelter and products in order to survive. We enter in to social
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compared to today. The most tremendous differences do seem to affect teenagers more than adults. Some of the most important are related to fashion‚ technology‚ school and work. In the 60’s fashion have many similarities but also many differences to the present. A few very popular fashion items in the 60’s such as baby doll dresses‚ miniskirts‚ and hippie dresses are still very popular today. There are many fashion items that are not so popular‚ one of these are smocks. The 1960’s put forth
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Today’s youth is tomorrow’s nation. And today’s youth are our students. Students do pay a vital role in the society and how a society is shaped generation after generations. The formative period of an individual is during the student phase and hence it is known to be the crucial time of life. What is being sown today is what shall be reaped later. Education is where a student gets formed from. Education is in-fact character building in students. It through education that he understands the facts
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