German industrialization began at a slower pace than Belgium and France; nevertheless, coal and iron production soared after the 1840s as an extensive railroad network underwent construction in the 1850s. ... The Age of Industrialization not only expanded the economies of developing nations, it also generated dramatic social changes that established new patterns of globalization. The social effects of industrialization are shared by individual and collective identities and supported by the intensified relation between the people and the globe. An example of a new pattern of globalization that ...

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William Garrison published a number of studies incorporating spatial analysis of transport networks, the dynamics of trade and land use patterns (Scott, 2000). ... Empowerment of women, with more women at work and a greater acceptance of minority social groups sparked a new focus of interest for economic geographers. ... As feminist economic geography developed, it became apparent that further social markers such as race and age, were also fundamental to the study of economic geography. ... This and the developments in the "social and behavioural sciences, computer science, statistics, m...

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"Examine the impact of globalisation on an economy other than Australia" An important trend occurring in the world economy is the process of globalisation. Globalisation is the progressive integration between national economies and the breaking down of barriers between trade and financial flows a...

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Pluralism therefore calls for a complex network of interest organisations throughout society, each of which possesses its own power base and hence can function relatively independent of the government. ... However going against the elitist view, they say that these people are not in fact elite because they all belong to the same social group. ...

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