Max Weber on Western Capitalism
Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Economy general
Analysis of Max Weber's views on the specificity of Western capitalism and its rational work ethic.
Decolonizing Academic Capitalism: Reimagining Research Ethics and Knowledge Sovereignty in Indigenous Contexts
Dissertation - 11 pages - Sociology & social sciences
This research examines the intersections of academic capitalism, colonial legacies, and indigenous knowledge systems within Cameroon's higher education landscape. Through qualitative methodological approaches, including institutional ethnography and critical discourse analysis of...
The New Spirit of Capitalism: Critique of a System in Crisis - Analysis by Luc Boltanski and Ève Chiapello
Text commentary - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences
The New Spirit of Capitalism, a seminal work by Luc Boltanski and Ève Chiapello, explores the intricate dynamics between capitalism and social critique. Published in 1999, this insightful analysis delves into the paradoxical nature of capitalism, which, despite its ability to...
Financialization of Capitalism
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Economic politics
Jürgen Kocka's analysis of the financialization process in advanced economies, characterized by the liberalization of financial markets and the shift from managerial to market-based capitalism.
Limited liability and its moral hazard implications: the systemic inscription of instability in contemporary capitalism - Marie Laure Djelic and Joel Bothello (2013) - The systemic instability of contemporary capitalism
Text commentary - 4 pages - Finance
The moral hazard problem inherent to the financial safety net provided by the government protection of depositors has been identified as one of the causes of the 2008 financial crisis. Banks endangered financial stability by promoting lending to risky actors and proposed speculative interest...
Rethinking Capitalism: Equitable Consideration of Financial, Human, and Natural Capital
Book review - 6 pages - Economy general
The authors propose a new accounting system that prioritizes human and natural capital alongside financial capital, challenging the traditional capitalist system.
Crises of Capitalism: 1847, a 19th-century crisis heralds the future
Essay - 4 pages - Economy general
Between slave societies, characterized not only by exploitation but by the possession of man by man, and capitalist society, where man is free in law but where the labour of those who have only their arms exploited by the owners of the means of production. While capitalism, as the dominant...
Paying for a Green New Deal with Modern Monetary Theory - Dean Baker (2019) ; Mixed Economies Today, Compared to Those of Antiquity - Michael Hudson (2019) ; The Green New Deal, Capitalism and the State - Rob Urie (2019) ; The Great Austerity Shell Game - Richard Wolff (2013) ; The crisis of globalization: interview with Mark Blyth (2019)
Case study - 5 pages - Economy general
Dean Baker offers in this column a critique of the Green New Deal (GND), a set of legislative proposals put forward by progressive (left-wing) members of the Democratic Party in the United States. The GND is an ambitious set of policies designed to revamp the entire American by making it less...
Social inequality, democracy, capitalism
Case study - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In Latin America, social inequality can lead to the strengthening of anti-democratic convictions and further develop the "apartheid" prevailing social. The intervention of the political in the definition and implementation of economic and social policies is becoming more necessary, and the State...
The origins of capitalism by Max Weber
Book review - 5 pages - Theories and economic notions
In a way, we can say that all Weber's work is dominated by the question of the origins of capitalism: Why capitalism was born, and how it eventually emerged not only as a dominant mode or exclusive economic behavior but even more broadly as a cultural model marking all spheres...
Capitalism and report time. Essay on chronophobie capital
Text commentary - 9 pages - Theories and economic notions
How has capitalism transformed our relationship to time (cosmic, historical, social, and individual)? To address this question, I shall refer mainly but not exclusively to Marx. Though it does not give us a systematic and comprehensive analysis of this issue, there are notations about it...
Capitalism, planned economies and the concept of supply and demand
Worksheets - 1 pages - Theories and economic notions
Capitalism is characterized by a private enterprise system contrary to a planned economy which is based on the collective or governmental ownership by the means of production, that is to say that all the enterprises in the country are public. Capitalism is theoretically based on a...
The origins of capitalism according to Max Weber
Essay - 5 pages - Theories and economic notions
The rationalization of economic activity shall ultimately have already had the occasion to emphasize the historical dynamic of rationalization which is characteristic of the West in all its dimensions. Similarly it shall defend itself explicitly as wanting to support "an absurdly doctrinaire...
23 things they don't tell you about capitalism (Thing 9) - Ha-Joon Chang, 2010
Case study - 1 pages - Political science
In this text, Ha-Joon Chang strongly contests the idea according from which we are currently in a post-industrial age. Such statement derives from the current disappearance of the manufactory industry in the developed countries in favor of the tertiary sector and thus of a service economy. This...
Capitalism's downfall
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
March 4th, 1883 is the date that Karl Heinrich Marx passed away, however his theories and legacy still live to this day. Post-mortem, his messaged was interpreted and criticized very differently between numerous political scientists, philosophers and theorists. Presently, the leftist movement,...
23 things they don't tell you about capitalism - Thing 9: We do not live in a post-industrial age - Chang (2010)
Case study - 2 pages - Political science
In this text, Chang tries to explain that the common idea of a post-industrial age in developed countries is not necessarily relevant today. Indeed, he shows that we still consume a lot of manufactured goods, although he does not deny the increasing demand for services. This article is...
Russia: From communism to capitalism
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
Russia, the great bear of Europe and Asia, is the largest country in the entire world with an area covering over 17,075,200 sq km of the known world. The country borders over 14 countries and has a unique history as well. Its population from July 2007 was estimated to be over 141 million...
Benefits of capitalism and inequality of social classes based on Carnegie's argument in "The Gospel of Wealth"
Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies
In 1848 Karl Marx wrote his Communist Manifesto in which he defined his creation of two social classes known as the bourgeoisie and the proletariats. These consisted of the wealthy and owners of factories, the bourgeoisie, and the rest of the public, who had no money, known as the proletariats....
The corrosion of character: The personal consequences of work in the new capitalism
Case study - 2 pages - Politic philosophy
The text we have is extracted from a book written by Richard Sennett in 1998 about new capitalism and its consequences on work and on personal lives. In this extract we have two chapters of the book. The first chapter, called “Drift”, is based on a true story of a family to show...
How convincing do you find Weber's analysis of the relationship between Protestantism and the rise of modern capitalism?
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
Many sociologists have raised the issue of religion and economic behavior but it is Weber's Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, published in 1904 which has had the biggest impact on the history of sociological thought. The imminent German philosopher of the beginning of the 20th...
Early Capitalism and the Rise of a Protestant Work Ethic: A Love Story
Case study - 8 pages - Political science
The time is 16th-century England; our topic at hand, examining the rise of Protestant values in terms of the socio-economic struggle faced by England's bourgeoisie. There has been much debate about this topic, especially in relation to the events it spurred and the blows it dealt for the course...
Comparison between the capitalism of France and Germany
Dissertation - 39 pages - Economy general
France is a country located on the European continent. Its area is about 550,000 square kilometers. Its capital and largest city is Paris. It is a nation that is active on the international stage. A co-founder of the European Union, it is also a permanent member of the Security Council of UN-OECD...
"History of Capitalism" (part 4 to part 7) by Michel Beaud (2000)
Book review - 35 pages - Economy general
Capitalism is a logic based on the production of goods. It became prominent in Britain along with Europe and the United States during the "early industrial" era from 1770 to 1860: Textiles, machinery, railways and arms. But capitalism in its historical movement, also concerns the...
Proto-capitalism and the Edo to Meiji Era transition
Thesis - 8 pages - Political science
In 1868, the Tokugawa Bakufu that had ruled Japan since its creation in 1603 came to an end, ushering in a new era known as the Meiji Restoration. This new era would see massive industrialization in Japan, modernization, and an influx of all things Western. To the West, and indeed to some...
Capitalism, democracy and power
Thesis - 4 pages - Political science
Both James Madison and Karl Marx can be considered “democrats”; however both vastly differ on their theories and understanding of democracy and government on a wide spectrum of issues. If Karl Marx were to be asked his opinion of Madison's Federalist#10 in the post-Paris Commune time,...
D'Emilio, John. 1993. "Capitalism and Gay Identity" Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader. New York: Routledge
Essay - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In his article “Capitalism and Gay Identity”, John D'Emilio shows how the changing economy has directly affected sexuality and sexual identity. He begins by discussing the colonial era in America, when families were “self-sufficient, independent, and patriarchal.” Sex...
Capitalism and Christianity: Weber's capitalist spirit and potential Christian influences
Essay - 9 pages - Philosophy
The questions of what is capitalism and how did it arise have been of central concern to Western economists and sociologists since the 1840s. At that time, commentators began to recognize that a fundamentally new economic and social order - with the expansion of machines in manufacturing...
Capitalism, planned economies and the concept of supply and demand - published: 29/09/2010
Worksheets - 1 pages - Economy general
Capitalism is characterized by a private enterprise system contrary to a planned economy which is based on the collective or governmental ownership by the means of production, that is to say that all the enterprises in the country are public. Capitalism is theoretically based on a...
The parodic treatment of religion in contemporary culture is just another manifestation of the consumerism of late capitalism
Thesis - 5 pages - Philosophy
During the twentieth century, in the unstable years following the world wars, capitalism proved itself to be a successful and enduring system. This success seems to have come mainly from its, ' ...extraordinary versatility and flexability...' [1]. Despite many threats, such as the...
Is Capitalism here to stay or is another vision of economics possible and viable? - publié le 29/09/2010
Essay - 2 pages - Economy general
For many centuries, Capitalism has been the only economic system in the industrialized world. In the present world, this system is in crisis. Billions of people live below the poverty line without any access to food, health care or housing. By capitalism, we mean a system of...
