...The Marxist model of class structure and conflict with reference to the Caribbean. Class refers to one’s position in the socialhierarchy based on accessibility to wealth, power, privilege and ownership of the means of production. Sociology has a number of sociological theories that attempt to explain how society works. A sociological theory is a set of ideas that attempt to explain a particular problem. One of these sociological theories is called Maxism. This was developed by Karl Marx and is considered to be a macro theory. This theory seeks to explain society as a whole and to find general laws about human behaviour. In Marx’s explanation of society, he came up with the explanation of class structure and class conflict. According to the Marxist model of class structure society is divided into two major classes. Firstly, there is the bourgeoisie (ruling class) who owns the means of production. However, there was another class called the proletariat (working class) who worked for the bourgeoisie. Marx was of the view that class is related to the ownership of the means of production. Hence, he believed that those who owned the businesses were of the ruling class while those who worked and produced belonged to the working class. Marx viewed society as being structured in such a manner where there will be a ruling class (bourgeoisie) who would from the labours of the working class (proletariat). In this way, the power of the ruling class to exploit and take advantage...
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...them (University of Phoenix, 2010). When accidents such as this occur, leaders must effectively communicate and people must receive communication to answer questions, avoid chaos and panic. This paper describes the communication and audience considerations required as a result of the copper mine collapse. The copper mine collapse in Chile is recorded in history with a happy ending, since all of the workers were rescued. Since the rescue took 69 days, leaders had to ensure that proper and effective communication was provided to the worker’s families and company employees (BBC News, 2011). Any time a disaster or accident of this magnitude occurs, further danger or damage can result unless the leaders, company and government take steps to control the flow of information. A coordinated strategy must be communicated to the media, rescue workers and leaders to ensure that efforts yield the best outcomes. A lack of communication could potentially result in deaths, panic, and chaos. Inappropriate or erroneous communication could result in unnecessary stress, frustration, turmoil and legal liability. A famous form of communication during the incident was a note that was passed through a tube by miner Jose Ojeda. “We are all well in the refuge, the 33 of us” (BBC News Latin America & Caribbean, 2011). This was a very important communication that helped the families and rescuers to have hope and understand the...
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...Caribbean and Latin American plantations are the birthplace of capitalism, producing commodities for capital accumulation and industrialization, and for the growth of European empires. But before I can start I need to start with the background of the countries starting with Cuba. The year was 1923 and it was a good year for Cuba at that. It was also a good sugar harvest so you know what that means there has to be someone working to harvest the sugar. Gerardo Machado was in power, Batista and himself were the most infamous, hiring military force, selective assassinations, and constitutional maneuvering to achieve and maintain office. Political fraud extended to the lowest rants of governments. One fifth of the candidates in the 1922 elections...
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...University of the West Indies Open Campus – St. Lucia Name: Cecilia Clovis I.D. No.: 309100682 Course Code: FOUN1301 Course Title: Law, Governance, Economy and Society Course Coordinator: Mr. Orville Beckford E-tutor: Mr. Lance Gibbs Assignment No.: 2 Date: June 26, 2012 Historically, Jamaican and other Caribbean musicians gave the world a conscience as they became the ‘voice for the voiceless’ not just at home, but also internationally. Has the current crop of musicians in the region deviated from this practice? Explain your response. The Caribbean is home to many of the world’s greatest and renowned musicians. Musical icons like Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Mighty Sparrow and Jimmy Cliff worked hard; and with their great musical talent were able to use their music to inspire and create a level of consciousness in black people of the region and all over the world. These men, through the lyrical content of their music touched the lives of the down trodden, lifted the spirit of the hopeless and stirred in the hearts of men and women the passion to fight against the injustices of their own region and in so doing sensitised the universal world. Bob Marley’s music is just as popular today as it was in the early seventies when he released the single ‘Get Up, Stand Up’ and has continued to live on even in his absence. His music and that of his fellow counterparts; has continued to be the voice for the voiceless, regionally and internationally...
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...Whistleblowing and Sarbanes-Oxley A whistleblower is someone that exposes misconduct or any illegal behavior within an organization or business. These individuals are known to be infamous for their actions. A whistleblower discloses information and behavior that most supervisors and managers do not get to witness personally. Being involved in whistleblowing can cause much chaos. It can have a direct effect on their job, such as a demotion of position. There are cases where whistleblowers have lost their lives due to the important and sacredness of the information that was discloses to expose others. There are two different types of whistleblowers. There is the internal whistleblower, which exposes those within an organization and then you have the external whistleblowers which exposes those outside an organization. Whistleblowers do the complete opposite of what most individuals in corporate America do, cover up one another. Whistleblowers always go around their boss, never tell their boss what they want to hear but only the truth, and they always give a report for what the boss does not want reported. This can cause major chaos in the whistleblower’s life. Not only could their family be affected by their behaviors but also their credibility as a person. This is because many individuals are scared to talk against their employer in fear of them losing their jobs. There was a case with Verizon and the government. According to the whistleblower, Verizon was overcharging the government for...
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...Dan Bopp Yellow journalism- Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers. This relates to us foreign policy because it made other countries mad at the US and the US mad at other countries. For example after the sinking of the main yellow journalism said that Spain sunk the ship and got the US mad at them and it eventually caused a war. Panama canal- the Panama Canal is a canal that runs from the Caribbean to the Pacific Ocean, this was bought by the US and a canal was built on it so that ships didn’t have to go around South America to get to the western side of the united states. This relates to foreign policy because it was a way to get goods to other countries easier and they could come deliver goods to the US. Open door policy- the open door policy made it so that trade was fair to all countries and there weren’t any countries that couldn’t trade or be traded with. This relates to foreign policy because it is a way of countries being friendly with other countries and making it so that all countries are equal in terms of trade. The treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, it was the peace settlement between Germany and the Allied Powers that officially ended World War I. the most famous people that wrote it were Woodrow Wilson and Georges Clemenceau and David Lloyd George. Woodrow Wilson Wilson was the president during this period. These three guys were often called the big three. The treaty was written...
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...that have evolved on how we should act), statuses (assigned positions or locations), and roles (expectations of behaviour). They are then the fundamental building blocks of society and vary over time and are based on the ideals which the people of the society have on accomplishing the tasks of living together collectively The Family Nancie Solien defines the family as "group of people bound by that complex set of relationships known as kinship ties“. It is the basic unit within society which ensures continued existence of society - procreation of new generations; it is within the family that sexual activity; child bearing; maintenance, support and socialization of the young are performed. There are a wide variety of family forms in the Caribbean – nuclear, common law, single parent, extended, sibling households, reorganized/blended. The family is the primary unit...
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...Ben May Film 1006: Post-War World Cinema 15/5/09 Critical Essay: Jamaican Cinema (focus – The Harder They Come (Perry Henzell, Jamaica, 1971) ‘Representing Jamaican culture on the screen, how The Harder They Come triggered the development of Jamaican cinema.’ The Harder They Come was the first movie made in Jamaica, directed by a Jamaican and with a Jamaican theme. The film opened the country’s eyes to the creation of film and the industry that surrounds it. It also gave the world (particularly the West) its first filmic taste of the cultural, social and historical issues of 20th century Jamaica. It was not only successful in the eyes of its audience but also in the eyes of film critics worldwide. Geoff Parker writes “Indisputably the greatest Jamaican film ever made, The Harder They Come is also one of the finest films yet made about the third world.” (2001). At first glance Perry Henzell appears to be using a narrative to document Jamaican roots Reggae music (especially that of Jimmy Cliff); but although The Harder They Come went a long way towards creating a huge global Reggae following the film had many other underlying issues. Even though most critics (Cham, Parker, Yearwood and others) discuss the film as the one that popularised Reggae music in the West it is the task here to illustrate that The Harder They Come brought Jamaican society and its culture into cinematic visibility. Cinema in Jamaica had only a western...
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...above a scroll bearing the motto L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE (Union Makes Strength); the colors are taken from the French Tricolor and represent the union of blacks and mulattoes. The national bird is the Hispaniola trogon (bird). It’s official languages are French and Creole. History. The native Taino Amerindians - who inhabited the island of Hispaniola when it was discovered by Christopher COLUMBUS in 1492 - were virtually annihilated by Spanish settlers within 25 years. In the early 17th century, the French established a presence on Hispaniola. In 1697, Spain ceded to the French the western third of the island, which later became Haiti. The French colony, based on forestry and sugar-related industries, became one of the wealthiest in the Caribbean but only through the heavy importation of African slaves and considerable environmental degradation. In the late 18th century, Haiti's nearly half million slaves revolted under Toussaint L'OUVERTURE. After a prolonged struggle, Haiti became the first black republic to declare independence in 1804. The poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, Haiti has been plagued by political violence for most of its history. Economy. Haiti is a free market economy that enjoys the advantages of low labor costs and tariff-free access to the US for many of its exports. Poverty, corruption, and poor access to education for much of the population are among Haiti's most serious disadvantages. * http://www.everyculture.com/Ge-It/Haiti.html#b Linguistic...
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...Venezuela also has 25 languages associated with indigenous natives. Venezuela’s population are culturally and regionally oriented, which consists mainly of four groups: Mestizos or pardos, (mixed European and Indian ancestry), comprising 67 percent of the population; white (European decent, mainly Spanish Italian, and Portuguese), 21 percent; black (African and Caribbean decent), 10 percent and Indian (Native Americans), 2 percent...
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...Ferrell cell which means it is influenced by the jet stream, these regulate the nation’s climate. Its temperate climate comes about due to its oceanic and air born currents, but the main regulator of the BI is the North Atlantic drift. This comes from the Caribbean, and carries warm tropical air towards the BI and results in the South-Westerly prevailing winds. Although beneficial is some ways, this unstable air around the Caribbean area, due to warm temperatures causing air to rise rapidly and air replacing this at the earth’s surface, can also be transported up to the BI. These hurricanes and strong tropical storms will never fully impact the BI as it does further south due the air masses cool as it travels over the Atlantic, but depressions are likely to occur. Depressions form when a mix of hot light air and cold dense air come together. Instability over the Polar Front allows hot air to force its way into the colder air and a boundary forms called the warm front. Because the cold air is more dense it under cuts it and the cold front forms. This is faster and will eventually catch up with the warm front and lift away. The great storm of 1987 was a major storm event in the British Isles which caused international chaos and death. The depression formed over the Bay of Biscay on October the 15th 1987 and quickly began to impact the BI. As soon as the storm moved in, predicted wrongly by the Met Office, the impacts began to roll in as people were not expecting the massive power...
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...Morocco has claimed the territory and even built a 2,700 kilometer wall around the territory. Morocco controls most of the populated are so Western Sahara is not a sovereign state. 3. In 1959 the Antarctic Treaty was signed and it provided legal framework for managing Antarctica. The states were able to establish research stations there for scientific investigations, but no military activities were permitted. 4. By the year 1100 a handful of powerful kings emerged as rulers over large numbers of these European estates. The consolidation of neighboring estates under the unified control of a king formed the basis of the development of a modern Western Europe. 5. Most of the remaining colonies are islands in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, Puerto Rico, Pitcairn Island and etc. II. Why Do Boundaries Between States Cause Problems? 6. A boundary is an invisible line that marks the extent of a state's territory. A frontier is a zone separating two states in which neither state exercises political control. 7. The Law of the Sea standardized the territorial limits for most countries at 12 nautical miles. Also, states have the right to fish and other marine life within 200 miles. Countries separated by less than 400 miles of sea must negotiate the location of the boundary between exclusive fishing rights. 8. Geometric Boundary- They play an important role in separating one form of government from another. Ex: The United States - Canada Boundary ...
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...To What Extent Did Indian Indentured Labour Help To Relieve The Post-Emancipation Labour Problems In Trinidad? Compiled by Mark Rougier TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction................................................................................................................................(1) Defining the terms Indian indentured labour; and post-emancipation…………………….(1) The Labour Problems.................................................................................................................(2) Failure in the Systematic Convention Explanation…………………………………………..(2) Labour Shortage......................................................................................................................... (3) Cash Flow.................................................................................................................................... (4) The Communication Problem................................................................................................. ..(5) The Indian Arrival……………………………………………………………………………..(5) The extent to which Indian indentured labour help to relieve the post-emancipation labour problems in Trinidad......................................................................................................... ……(6) Laying The Basis ForProfitability......................................................................................... .(7) The Effects Wages had on relieving the labour problems………………………………… (8) ...
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...The World Bank issued its biannual Global Economic Prospects report Tuesday, sharply downgrading its forecast for economic growth from its previous report released last June. The Washington-based international lending agency projected an expansion of the world economy in 2013 of only 2.4 percent, down from its forecast six months ago of 3.0 percent. The bank said the global gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 2.3 percent in 2012, downwardly revised from its June estimate of 2.5 percent. It predicted that the world economy would grow by 3.1 percent in 2014 and 3.3 percent in 2015. These projected rates, lower than the bank’s June estimates, are insufficient to significantly reduce near-Depression-level jobless rates in the US and much of Europe or stem the spread of poverty. The report demonstrates that more than four years after the September 2008 financial meltdown on Wall Street, there is no end in sight to the economic crisis. It points as well to the extent to which the economic policies pursued by governments and central banks around the world have benefited the wealthiest social layers at the expense of working people. This is summed up in one set of statistics presented in the report. While economic growth has stalled or turned negative in much of the world since the bank released its previous report in June, stock prices have soared. Stock markets in the so-called “developing countries” are up by 12.6 percent over the past six months, while equity markets in the “high-income”...
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...´slave-produced´ cocoa? Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought ad soled, and are forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will to refuse to work. Letting people work on a cocoa plant against their will – treating them like animals – might benefit the values of the company without carrying about the wellbeing of the slaves. But nobody should be forced to work against his own will and a people should not be the owner of another people. Especially nobody should be subordinated to someone else. A company – or a people – has to consider the interest of others, so that we can live in a peaceful world. Without considering the interests of the others, just doing what is your own interest would cause a chaos in the world. b) Why did the company feel the need to act at all? After announcing of the news in the media that Cadbury is using slaves on cocoa plantations in the Portuguese colony, buying slave-farmed cocoa beans from West Africa, and accusations about child labour, the image and reputation of Cadbury was hurt dramatically. So the question was whether it needed to take action, and if so what? In 2002 Cadbury supported a study by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture to investigate the extent of child labour and forced labour, to getting rid unacceptable labour practices in cocoa production. c) Is it not the role of government to regulate how industries are run and to prevent these practices from recurring? The...
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