CAN WE CONSIDER KARL MARX A SOCIOLOGIST? “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.” (Marx and Engels 2002[1888]: 219) I am beginning with the famous quote from The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels to frame a question to myself about Marx’s theoretical importance and its practical implication. I had my first encounter with Marx when I was in the 11th standard of my formal education. Since then the ghost of Marx has been impelling
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Article 33 UUD 1945 is one of the laws governing Understanding the Economy‚ utilization of natural resources‚ and the Principle of National Economy. In Article 33 UUD 1945 recorded a clear economic guidelines‚ production is done by and for all. Prosperity of the people who come first‚ not the prosperity of a few people or groups. Furthermore it is said that the "earth and water and natural resources contained within the earth are the subjects prosperity. Because it must be controlled by the State
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It might be argued that the 1939-1945 war in Britain was one of the greatest collective experiences that the nation had undergone‚ with every family affected; loved ones in the armed services and families separated. Children were evacuated to the country towns and villages in a bid to keep them safe during the Blitz bombing (Lynch‚ p.152). Rationing‚ industrial unrest and financial and economic burdens added to the terror felt by the people of Britain. However‚ there was a glimmer of hope. The
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August Revolution Introduction The August Revolution‚ also called the August General Uprising (and known in the West as the Vietnamese Revolution) by the Indochinese Communist Party‚ was a revolution in Vietnam. On August 19‚ 1945‚ the Việt Minh under Hồ Chí Minh began a revolution against French colonial rule in Vietnam. From August 19 onwards‚ demonstrations and uprisings against French rule broke out in cities and towns throughout Vietnam. Given Japan had surrendered to the Allies at the end
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The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom‚ and one of the two main British political parties along with the Conservative Party. Old labour were a socialist party‚ Old Labour‚ the traditional socialist representation of the labour party‚ presented many socialist views‚ these included the cradle-to-grave care‚ welfare and social justice. They also opposed views such as a free-market economy. Old Labour was the standing of the Labour Party since their founding in the
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This essay will discuss decolonisation after 1945‚ specifically focusing on the experience in Hong Kong. I plan to look at and discuss the various aspects of the process of decolonization and the resulting consequences. I will analyse the aftermath of decolonization‚ which I believe created more problems than it solved. These problems include the lack of a working political structure‚ the complications that occurred in their struggle for freedom and the economic situation that the country was left
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picture of Balammavan‚ Ammumma and his three Cheriyammas are highly suggestive and bring out the sufferings of the women trapped inside. The cruelty of the man and the suffering of the women merge with the image of the house. The 1970 “Redstockings Manifesto” declared: Women are an oppressed class. We identify
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For many of us it is hard to imagine what it would be like growing up‚ having to work from the age of five and not being able to go to school. ’Child Labour’ is defined by the United States Department of Labour (DOL) as ’the employment of boys and girls when they are too young to work for hire; or when they are employed at jobs unsuitable or unsafe for children of their ages’ It is not something we are too familiar with ourselves‚ living in a wealthy country‚ but the fact is that there are many Third
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The German women of 1930 to 1945 were to look and act in the way of “the National Soziallistische Volkswohlfahrt (National Social People’s Welfare Organization)”‚ ruled by Adolf Hitler. Their role was to be a good wife to their husbands‚ take care of their children‚ and to keep a clean house while her husband was away at work. Women were however allowed to get their education. Young girls were taught in their schools that all women were to marry well-mannered German gentleman that was “racially pure”
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ECON2272 Long Paper 1 Division of Labour—are there “optimal” levels? In his book An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations‚ Smith (1887) has put forward the argument that division of labour helps improve average labour productivity. It was suggested that a lack of specialization hinders labour productivities. However‚ over the years‚ scholars have also found out the limitations of practising division of labour‚ examples include the decrease of incentives for workers due to
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