Politics, power and resistance
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Week 2, who rules? Theories of power
Capital vs. labour Do not have control= do not
have power Power shape people’s
opinion Strong leadership keeps
checking people's power Bellamy's functional represent
who is going to have power Marx theory-people at the top
may create more money.
Cornwall teaching school (2014) power[Cartoon]. Retrieved from http://www.cornwallteachingschool.org/successful-southwest-local-leaders-pilot-project-go-ahead/
Cultural problem
Capitalism is bad for us
Marx-people at the top may create more money
Wisdom (2012) rich and poor[cartoon]. Retrieved from http://eagleman6788.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/7-main-differences-between-rich-and-poor-people/
Who has power in the society?
Banks media government employer Police Wealthy people Country etc. Marxists and Weber
both emphasized capitalist relates to political which considered more priorities than democratic.
Marx: capital and the state
class based conflict between rich and poor
Antony (2010) rich and poor[cartoonRetrieved from http://seventhoughts.blogspot.com.au/2010/12/rich-and-poor.html
Conflict theory proletariat have little
control over the distribution of power
instrumental model Arbiter model functionalist model
Society driven by capital
Lynn, C. (2010) Capital [photograph]. Retrieved from http://old.textproject.org/freddysfavorites/capital
Max weber: pluralist elitist or elitist pluralist?
Marx Elitist model Pluralist model
Foucalt :power influence on social life.
It manipulate the different class of the society and thus produce control over the lower class.
Power is everywhere.
Ayubsreviews. (2013) Rich and Poor [cartoon]. Retrieved from http://bestreviewsnarticles.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/rich-and-poor-poem.html
Michel Foucault: power and discipline is ‘everywhere’.
According to Weber’s theory, bureaucracy is a system based on discipline, when leaders hold control over others.
Week 5 The disciplinary and punitive state.
Benedictine College. (2013) Bureaucracy[cartoon]. Retrieved from http://www.thegregorian.org/blog/community-and-bureaucracy
Week 5 The disciplinary and punitive state.
Weber + Foucault discipline power
Weber vs. Foucault establishing power
Todd Smith. (2013) Discipline [photograph]. Retrieved from http://inspirationaltabloid.com/how-to-become-a-disciplined-person/
Foucault: power is dispersed and pervasive Weber: power resides in
government/administration+centralised Bureaucracystate apparatuseconomy
Week 5 The disciplinary and punitive state.
Ben Toh. (2012) Jail [photograph]. Retrieved from http://www.ubfriends.org/2012/04/19/in-jail-charged-with-sexual-assault/
Boss worker Teacher student Parents Children Police criminals Government control the nation Criminals in Prison under strict rules Upper class people under class people
Disciplinary power
The Daily Telegraph. (2013) Police and Criminals [photograph]. Retrieved from http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/police-get-extra-powers-to-arrest-to-stop-criminals-suing/story-fni0cx12-1226748564715
Examination hierarchical observation normalization judgment
Self-regulation: you are supposed to know what is you should do and what you shouldn’t.
3 techniques how people regulate in society
New Zealand Cosmetic Teeth Whitening Association. (2014) Self-regulation [cartoon]. Retrieved from http://www.nzctwa.org.nz/nzctwa.asp?DocumentID=153
The relationship between capital and inequality
People living in poverty less able to influence social matters.
Interrelationship between gender geography + ethnicity= socio-economic position
(perceive differently) ‘poor’= category of ‘other’
Week 10 Citizenship and inequality: Migration
Peter Turchin. (2012) Inequality [Cartoon]. Retrieved from http://www.thisviewoflife.com/index.php/magazine/articles/joseph-stiglitz.-the-price-of-inequality.-cultural-evolution.-the-evolution
morally evaluated ostracised
undeserving –neo-liberal defines citizens as consumes. Most controversial term used to refer to the poor is ‘underclass’.
Week 10 Citizenship and inequality: Migration
Laura Mazurak. (2013) Right or Wrong[Cartoon]. Retrieved from http://oldgoldandblack.com/?p=28224
Inequality
Rich people becomes more richer, poor people becomes more poorer. It is a social phenomenon.
Social expectations shaped our life. We have to become the one that our parents, teacher, boss expected.
Robert Kiyosaki (2013) Rich and poor [Cartoon]. Retrieved from http://www.successezine.com/2012/12/confidence-of-rich-and-successful-people.html
The relationship between ethnicity (race) and inequality?
Inequality changes but still exist
-ethnic- minority groups more likely to be discriminated
-assumptions/ prejudices result in less opportunities
Race skin color/nationality
Ethnicity more cultural features
Alani (2013) Ethnicity [Cartoon]. Retrieved from http://nailpro.com/book/export/html/4151
The relationship between ethnicity (race) and inequality?
• Environmet
• Religion• Freedom
of speech
Poverty Ethnicity Race Sexuality Gender
* cultural difference are problem
The Articulate. (2011) Culture difference [photography]. Retrieved from http://thearticulateceo.typepad.com/my-blog/2011/09/cultural-differences-the-power-distance-relationship.html
The daily telegraph. (2012) Twins[photography]. Retrieved from http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/lifestyle/dream-twins-part-of-new-baby-formula/story-e6frf00i-1226504235563
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