LWZ223 Study Guide - Final Guide: Neoliberalism, Terra Nullius, Advanced Capitalism
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It is a social construct (it shapes society and society shapes it) It is about justifications and boundaries: property is unjust (it is allocated on the basis of gender, race and class, and is hierarchical) It is shaped historically and favours whiteness and maleness. Males o(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:1013)(cid:1013)% of the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld(cid:859)s p(cid:396)ope(cid:396)t(cid:455), (cid:449)hile (cid:1005)% is o(cid:449)(cid:374)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) women, due to the fact it is concentrated in countries such as japan, america, etc. Total hierarchical structure in which royalty headed society and controlled land distribution, and peasants had few to no rights; it was all about status. At the collapse of the roman empire, people on the english continent had few protections. P(cid:396)a(cid:272)ti(cid:272)e of (cid:858)(cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)e(cid:374)datio(cid:374)(cid:859) a(cid:396)ose: people (cid:272)a(cid:373)e u(cid:374)de(cid:396) the p(cid:396)ote(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of a (cid:373)o(cid:396)e po(cid:449)e(cid:396)ful (cid:374)eigh(cid:271)ou(cid:396) (lord). As a result, the vassals were no longer owners, but tenants holding it for the lord. As per tenure traditions, no one has absolute ownership of land.
