SOCIOL 2L03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Coup Of 18 Brumaire, Neoliberalism, Friedrich Engels
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Some issues in critical political economy: major areas of analysis, economic side: examines how the institution of the economy has an impact on organizations within the institution of mass media. How the capitalist economy is impacting the advertising: political side: examines how the institution of politics has an impact on organizations within the institution of mass media. The capitalist state (has an impact on media organizations) Neo-liberalism: the concept of the state, different than the concept of the government, the state is a broader concept because it actually includes the government as well as a variety of other things, the state includes: The state is seen as the sight of class conflict. Conflict between the proletariat (working class) and the bourgeoisie (capitalist class) The state may make concessions to the working class (the state may sometimes side with the proletariat)