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    He is known for his theory of historical materialism‚ which focuses on the way social order‚ like class structure and hierarchy‚ emerges out of the economic system of a society. He theorized this relationship as a dialectic between the base and superstructure of society. Some of his notable works‚ like "The Manifesto of the Communist Party‚" were co-written with Friedrich Engels. Much of his theory is contained in the series of volumes titled Capital. Marx has been described as one of the most influential

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    environment include air and climate‚ lands forms‚ terrain‚ flora and fauna‚ beaches‚ natural beauty and water supply. The built environment includes both the basic infrastructure - water supply systems‚ roads‚ communication networks - and the superstructure - which includes facilities built specifically for tourism such as airports‚ parks‚ marinas‚ hotels and motels. Transportation includes items such as ships‚ airplanes‚ buses‚ taxis‚ etc. Hospitality and cultural resources include the nature of

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    A social policy is a plan or action of government agencies which aim to improve or reform society. • Sociologists are divided as to whether there should be a relationship between sociology and government social policy• 1. One group argues that sociology should be ‘applied’; it should be used to directly influence government to bring about reforms. 2. Another group argues that sociological insights should be used to radically change the political and economic system – they should not be used

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    10 Literary Criticism approach An Overview of Approaches The Three-fold Purpose of Criticism: To help us solve a problem in the reading. To help us sift between and resolve conflicting readings. To enable us craft interpretative‚ yet scholarly judgments about literature. 1. Historical / Biographical Approach: Historical / Biographical critics see works as the reflection of an author’s life and times (or of the characters’ life and times). H/B approach deems it necessary to know about the

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    The Lucent Accounting Scandal Abstract The case discusses the accounting frauds committed at the US-based telecommunications giant‚ Lucent Technologies Inc. (Lucent) during early 2000. It provides an insight into the ways by which the financial statements were manipulated at Lucent. It examines the loopholes in the financial management of the company and the price it had to pay for circumventing the provisions of law. The case examines the allegations against Lucent and its officers with reference

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    land‚ labour‚ capital and management. Of late‚ another factor has been added and that is the creation of knowledge. Superstructure is defined as the socio-political-cultural relationships based on the economic relationship delineated in infrastructure. Hence capital budget allocations form the basis of infrastructure but current budget allocations form the basis of superstructure. However‚ management scientists do not speak the language of economists. When we speak of creating infrastructure in

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    UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA College of Arts and Sciences Department of Social Sciences DEVELOPMENT STUDIES PROGRAM THE EFFECTS OF PANTAWID PAMILYANG PILIPINO PROGRAM IN THE LIVES OF BENEFICIARIES IN THE CITY OF MANILA (Thesis Proposal) MARY GRACE FABROS BA Development Studies UP Manila Statement of the problem The Philippines has been battling against poverty for over several years now. The problem with poverty was inherited by every president‚ the highest ranking official of the republic

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    An Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture Second Edition An Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture is a clear and comprehensive guide to the major theories of popular culture‚ from the Frankfurt School to postmodernism. Dominic Strinati provides a critical assessment of the ways in which theorists have tried to understand and evaluate popular culture in modern society. Among the theories and ideas the book introduces are mass culture‚ the Frankfurt School and the culture industry‚ structuralism

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    Conflict theories From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia   (Redirected from Conflict theory) Jump to: navigation‚ search Sociology | | Outline | * Theory * History | * Positivism * Antipositivism * Functionalism * Conflict theories * Middle-range * Mathematical * Critical theory * Socialization * Structure and agency | Research methods | * Quantitative * Qualitative * Historical * Computational * Ethnographic * Network-analytic | * Topics * Subfields

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    3 Major Theoretical Approaches to Sociology Functionalism (a.k.a. Structural Functionalism‚ Functional Analysis‚ Positivism): Until relatively modern times the prevalent sociological perspective was Functionalism‚ a paradigm which analyzes social structures (such as religion‚ schooling‚ or race relations) to deduce what social functions (such as marriage conventions‚ college attendance‚ or hiring practices) derive from them. This theoretical approach views society as a system of inter-dependent

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