Social Capital: A Marxist Feminist Analysis

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Social capital is a concept in sociology, economics, and political science, serving to represent social connections and social networks, viewed as resources used to achieve economic, political, social and other purposes. In addition, there are many similar definitions and concepts (for example, cultural capital, civil capital), which unites the general idea of the need to take into account the characteristics of society, in terms of relationships between people, in determining the main factors that determine the effectiveness of actions to achieve socially significant goals. Along with the physical (for example, the lathe) and human capital (university education, health), social capital increases both individual and collective productivity. …show more content…

Marxist feminism suggests that the oppression of women is a special case of capitalist and class oppression. In other words, in the economy, there is exploitation of hired workers, and women are one of the types of people who are exploited. Just as in the XIX century and later exploited workers, and women are forced to work for men. Marxist feminism is interesting in that as its central theme introduces the problem of unpaid, free domestic work. There are Marxist scholars who argue that the basis of the world economy is the work of housewives, who are not evaluated at all, but at the same time makes a key contribution to our …show more content…

CPM theory suggests that individuals maintain and coordinate privacy boundaries (the limits of what they are willing to share) with various communication partners depending on the perceived benefits and costs of information disclosure. It was first developed by Sandra Petronio in 1991.
This theory argues that when people disclose private information, they depend on a rule-based management system to control the level of accessibility. An individual's privacy boundary governs his or her self-disclosures. Once a disclosure is made, the negotiation of privacy rules between the two parties is required. A distressing sense of "boundary turbulence" can arise when clashing expectations for privacy management are identified. Having the mental image of protective boundaries is central to understanding the five core principles of Petronio's

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