SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - American Stores, Marxism, Arab Spring
13 Apr 2014
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Arab spring: an interactive time of middle east protests( ). People from all walks of life protesting regardless of age, gender or religion. Using social media instrumental on putting pressure on government, forcing worlds" leader to take note on what is happening. Begin as university student protest, grow to much bigger. Protesting government, demanding social change, social justice, social quality, rights, democracy. The future belongs to those who prepare for it today malcolm x. Five sociological theories (figure 18. 1) write down after (from the book) Political cynicism and donations by annual household income, canada. Structural marxists: government is constrained to work within capitalism and cannot ignore what"s in the best interest of capitalists. Corporate taxation: figure out how much business should pay for the tax. Power not only held by elites but by others as well. Argue: the distribution of power in society does change, sometimes massively.
