Jeannot Bile EMPLOYEE RELATIONS 13/02/2014 A MARXIST (OR RADICAL) PERSPECTIVE OF THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP LOCATES ’THE ASYMMETRY OF POWER BETWEEN EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE’ AT THE HEART OF ITS ANALYSIS. (BLYTON AND TURNBULL‚ 2004: 34). The conviction that there exists a power imbalance in the employment relationship which gives employers a prejudicial benefit over employees takes its existence for several centuries. Karl Marx known for his theories and contributions related to the employment relations
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Murdock- George Peter Murdock (1949) wanted to know if the family was not just cultural but universal (he claimed that it was universal). * Common residence * Economic co-operation * Adults including both sexes * At least two have socially approved sex * One or more children * Biological or adopted This he thought was the universal minimum. Which adults had sexual relations depended on the culture. He believed the nuclear family was the universal core of the world’s
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Capitalism is an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit‚ rather than by the state. There are good things and bad things about Capitalism. Today‚ mostly everybody is Capitalism. The good things about Capitalism is that you can own property‚ freedom of speech and religion. The bad things are monopolies‚ it creates inequalities‚ and not everyone have healthcare. Capitalism has a lot to do with Adam Smith. Adam Smith was a Scottish
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bourgeoisie‚ who were the capitalist employers‚ and the proletariat‚ who were the workers. The struggle would end‚ according to Marx‚ in the socialist revolution and the attainment of full communism (Groiler’s Encyclopedia). Socialism‚ of which "Marxism-Leninism" is a takeoff‚ originated in the West. Designed in France and Germany‚ it was brought into Russia in the middle of the nineteenth century and promptly attracted support among the country’s educated‚ public-minded elite‚ who at that time
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and the foundations of Leninism are not identical in scope. Lenin was a Marxist‚ and Marxism is‚ of course‚ the basis of his world outlook. But from this it does not at all follow that an exposition of Leninism ought to begin with an exposition of the foundations of Marxism. To expound Leninism means to expound the distinctive and new in the works of Lenin that Lenin contributed to the general treasury of Marxism and that is naturally connected with his name. Only in this sense will I speak in my
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Ontological assumptions of Marxist Theory: • structuralism‚ • conflict‚ • materialism Epistemology of realism Marx counts as a ‘key sociological thinker’‚ but • Contrary to what one might infer from the history of Marxism after his death‚ Marx had little political or theoretical influence in his own lifetime. His collaborator‚ Engels was better known than Marx in the 1840s and 1950s. • Yet Marx is often heralded as a founder of sociology. But Marx himself did
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Aim: Using information from Items A‚B and C and elsewhere‚ assess the view that the Nuclear Family functions to benefit all it’s members and society as a whole. (24 marks). This essay is asking me to weigh up that the ‘Nuclear Family’ is beneficial to it’s family ‘members’ and ‘society’ or if the ‘Nuclear Family’ is not beneficial to it’s members and society. This will involve me to examine the Functionalist‚ Marxist‚ Feminist and Radical-Feminist perspectives. From the functionalist perspective
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Michael Foucault’s work‚ a renowned French philosopher‚ has greatly influenced the study of politics. He began his career as a Marxist and went on to research about sociologically and politically valuable data. In 1961‚ for his doctoral thesis‚ Foucault wrote his first major work called the “The History of Madness.” In this book‚ he gives a historical account of a constitution (as he calls it) of experiences of madness ranging from the 15th to the 19th century in Europe. It involves studying effects
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O 8 Unit 7: sociological perspectives for health and social care Functionalism was a dominant perspective during the 40’s and 50’. It is best understood by comparing society to the human body as they believe everything has a function‚ for example‚ people in society have to work together like organs in order to deal with problems and ensure that society is running positively. Talcott Parsons believed that one of the main role of an institution is to be governed by norms to ensure that the people
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Compare and Contrast the Functionalist and Marxist views on the Family Functionalists argue that societies consist of inter-related social institutions such as schools‚ mass media‚ political systems‚ the Church and the family each of which contribute positively to the maintenance of stability of society as a whole. Broadly speaking it is assumed by functionalists that societies operate in the interests of all of their members so that there is no reason for fundamental conflict in society. Instead
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