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the subject of aspects of sociological practice in Canada. Roots of Canadian sociology/Quebec: According to McLaughlin, Canadian sociology developed from three roots: the turmoil of the 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). Control of Aboriginals lives: Like most indigenous populations, the First Nations of Canada were exploited by the settlers who came to the new country. In 1763, the British
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