SOSC 1800 Study Guide - Final Guide: Conflict Theories, International Labour Organization, Mass Media
6 Jul 2013
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According to singh (2000) three features of political economy are please list, conceptualize (define) and succinctly interconnect these to children/childhood and society, include information from movies, guest speakers and class discussion. Three features of political economy: materialism, dialectics, historical. When we talk of society, we include not only human beings in relation to one another, but human beings and their material conditions" (natural environment and tools)= how much money they have, education etc The material conditions and human relations are intrinsically connected. Example(s)- the material conditions of a parent/family plays a large role in the success of a child (the access to and availability of resources)- discuss how these material conditions impact a child"s education and well-being. Movie: the merchants of cool- a person"s dependence on material goods is developed when they are young and ignorant of the influential forces acting upon their strongest desires (consumerism)
