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1960s; a need for intellectual reform that grew out of the religious reform movements of the early 20th century; and a need for policy-centered research. The authors suggest that comparing
the USA and Canada is less effective than considering four regions: English Canada, French Quebec, the Northern U.S. and the American South. Quebec is seen as the most liberal of
all and sociologists should keep that in mind when working in this region (McLaughlin, p. 206). Marx and alienation: Alienation is an inverse process: the more a worker produces
and the harder he works, the more important the product hes making becomes and the less important the worker himself becomes. In a critique of class society, this means that
the worker becomes less and less important, poorer and more barbaric (Carroll and White, p. 210). McDonaldization: McDonaldization takes its name from McDonalds and refers to any situation in which
management exploits employees by paying wages that are too low for the work performed; and which further exploits them by not guaranteeing a minimum number of hours, so that the
employee is always kept off-balance and unable to protest effectively. Jobs in this system are simple tasks and highly repetitive. McDonaldization relates to Marxs concept of class structure because it
is the classic exploitation of labor by management. It relates to Taylorism because of its mechanistic nature, and Taylor was the one who first broke down work into smaller tasks.
(Carroll and White, p. 208). Joel Charons view of democracy: Democracy is defined by four qualities: people are free to think and do as they please; a democratic government is
limited in scope; differences among citizens in a democracy are respected; and in a democracy, the opportunity exists for everyone to have a good life (Charon, 1998). Gender-stratified Canadian society:
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