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    poverty in the philippines always been aware of the gap that exists between theory and practice. Way back in my grad student days‚ Big Theory was the rule (see Reflections on Globalization for an example of the syndrome). Indeed‚ I suppose I was somewhat unusual in that I made the transition from the theoretical disciplines of political science and economics to the practical level of hands-on development work. (I also never managed to finish my dissertation and never quite made it to the big Ivory

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    restriction (QR) on rice under Annex 5 of the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement. Japan and South Korea are the other two countries. The exemption will expire on December 31‚ 2004. The primary objective of the paper is to look at the possible poverty and distributional effects of the removal of the QR and the reduction in tariffs on rice imports. In particular‚ the paper attempts to analyze the following issues: (a) Do the poor share in the potential gains from a freer market for rice? (b) What

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    A PAPER ON POVERTY AND PERSONALITY Presented By: Praveen S.John Web Page: http://praveenfriend.blogspot.com/ Introduction There are many factors that influence personality. Poverty is one among them. Personality is an organized and distinctive pattern of behavior‚ thought‚ and feelings which characterizes a person’s adaptation to a various situations

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    inequality really stems from has been even more complicated than it seems to be at first. By looking at race through the Marxist lens‚ this may show some enlightenment on the matter of the pay gap at hand. To start off‚ it is clear that Marxism does play a role in the determination of race‚ as presented in Desire for Race. However‚ it is clear that there is a divide among individual Marxists. When it comes to race and economics‚ Karl Marx was a very strong

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    Describe functionalist and Marxist perspective on education. Functionalist Education can be described as the method whereby society continually passes on the knowledge it has gain from pass generations to the next or future generation. It is centered around and entails the teaching of the three R’s‚ which includes: arithmetic’s‚ reading and writing but also encompass social‚ spiritual‚ moral and physical component. It is viewed as a secondary agent of socialization as it socializes individuals

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    Feminist Lens vs Marxist Lens When reading a book‚ or any piece of literature of that matter‚ the readers background is important. It is apart of how the reader perceives the piece. Two different readers with different viewpoints and backgrounds are naturally going to have different opinions and will analyze the same piece of writing very differently. For example‚ a feminist lens and a marxist lens. A feminist lens would notice all cases where a man and a women are not being compared as equal or

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    A Marxist Approach to Jane Eyre Based on the ideas of Karl Marx‚ this theoretical approach asks us to consider how a literary work reflects the socioeconomic conditions of the time in which it was written. What does the text tell us about contemporary social classes and how does it reflect classism? Jane Eyre depicts the strict‚ hierarchical class system in England that required everyone to maintain carefully circumscribed class positions. Primarily through the character of Jane‚ it also accents

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    Saving Poverty From Obesity Brent Royeton DeVry University Saving Poverty From Obesity Obesity is a problem that most people would assume is caused by laziness and poor lifestyle choices. Rarely would anyone think that poverty could be a contributing factor to obesity. A large question often asked is “How can our impoverished communities be so fat if they cannot afford to eat”? Other misconceptions come from the misunderstanding that people who are malnourished should appear skinny and lethargic

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    ‘social cooperation among equals for mutual advantage’.2 The Marxist and Feminist traditions within Criminology have a far richer body of writing about the state and more generally about state control and social regulation. This chapter will set out the main ideas used in contemporary Criminology‚ either explicitly or implicitly‚ concerning the nature of the state. The State The state is‚ arguably‚ the most contested term in political theory and it may refer to a great many different things‚ such

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    Defining Poverty Poverty has been defined in many different ways. Some attempt to reduce it to numbers‚ while others believe that a more vague definition must be used. In the end‚ a combination of both methods is best. DiNitto and Cummins (2007)‚ in their book “Social Welfare‚ Politics and Public Policy‚” present six definitions and explanations of poverty. Social reformers Webb and Webb (1911) present another angle on poverty. Essentially‚ all definitions are correct‚ the debate is of which

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