1. ... Because before the bombing and the war London was such a beautiful place, even though the children dont know what its like before the war, they probably have an idea of what life was like before the war. The consequences of war goes far beyond the front lines, it goes down to civilians and children alike, as shown in the story. ... The gangs, are a group of kids that's living in a below poverty level in a War World II aftermath London, because they are poor, they feel a deep and almost natural hatred for the higher class and took with money, especially Trevor, because he knows if...

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Part 1 Explain and illustrate the broad nature of the post-war welfare settlements and their reconstruction in the 1980s and 1990s. ... The influence of Keynesianism on economic theory and political policy in the post-war period was dominant. ... The demographics of the immediate post-war period suggested a specific picture of the UK population. ... This reforming of the balance of political power led to the deconstruction of the post-war political settlement. ... Words: 1000 References: Hughes, G. (1998) "Picking over the Remains": the Welfare State Settlements of the Post-S...

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The start of the third wave and the end of the second wave of globalisation were marked by the end of World War Two. War creates room to move and sudden and justifiable need for new and better technology. The end of the Second World War also brought with it the recognition that the world was no longer a lot of small nations, but rather a whole being. ... The final change to become evident in rebuilding after the second world war, was practice of a Fordist ideology and the emergence of an economically democratised society. ... United Nations Official Website [online] Available: http://www.un...

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The article I have chosen to review is one of the public lectures Weber gave in 1918, just after Germany had been defeated in World War 1. ... In fact Weber makes reference to examples which delineate this difficulty justifying the means of violence and even associate politics with evil: the ancient Christians, too, knew very well that this world is ruled by demons, and that he who meddles with politics, who in other words makes use of the instruments of power and violence, concludes a pact with the internal powers'. ... However throughout European history religion has played an intense...

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Suicide Suicide is a sociological phenomenon that plagues societies all over the world. ... These validity claims, which are also known as the three worlds, are the objective and external world, the social world, and the subjective experience (Layder 2000:190-191). ... The social world of interpersonal relations is based on the idea of social norms in society. ... It is these three worlds and the back rounds of each person that make up the lifeworld. ... Self interest behavior would best be illustrated by the fact that the terrorists chose to crash the airliners into the World Trade Center (...

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In 1945, democracy was an ideal shared by the victors of World War //, but there are different views of democracy which become polarized between the West and the East with the advent of Cold War. ... But since the demise of socialist system in 1991 and then the triumph of liberal capitalism as well as the western-style democracy, the post-Cold War claimed that liberal democracy lays foundation for a new world order led by the U.S. hegemony which aligns democracy with the western emphasis on "civil and political right". For example, articles 25 of the International Covenant on Civil and Poli...

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Professor Alan Macfarlane, King's College, Cambridge, said that Gellner's work, at it's core, was to try and understand the transformation of the world from " the agrarian religious world and the industrial scientific one" which Gellner said (Davis, Vol.32) " has always been for me absolutely central to understanding the world." ... He enlisted in the Czech army at the end of the war before returning to England to complete his education at Oxford, where he took a "First" professorship in PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics). ... Anthropology, at LSE, then, was attractive b...

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1. ... Debunking: Looking behind the facades of everyday life People: 1. ... Max Weber: 1864-1920 off of Marxism added that society had three basic dimensions: economical, political, and cultural (multidimensional) and that wars are fought because of all three dimensions in conflict 6. ... Emile Durkheim: 1858-1917 public degradation of Jews and believes that people in society are glued together by a belief system/bonds that link people together on the basis of functionalism and believes war promotes group and national identity 8. George Herbert Meade: 1863-1931 developed symbolic interactio...

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Both of these plays suggest the idea that in order to take part in the social world, one need convention. ... In the beginning of "Much Ado About Nothing" Beatrice has a harsh dialogue with Benedick (Ado 1.I.37-43). ... Beatrice is disgusted by Benedick's being a soldier "I pray you, how many hath he killed and eaten in these wars?   ... For indeed, I promised to eat all of his killing." (1.I.36-43). ... Thus goes everyone to the world but I, and I am sun-burnt.  ...

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The more incidents which match up with the scale, the higher the score. 1. ... Even popular media which are considered to have drawn heavily from mythology and the hero-quest, like Star Wars, Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, tend to score low. ... The ancient world was able to satisfy both needs with one hero, but the modern world must separate the two to meet the both of the needs of the people (Sabin 13). ... This is caused by the reduction of violence, war and patriarchical power; the modern world is no longer ruled by survival of the fittest, and society has come to val...

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The United States imprisons more people than any other country in the world, but that is only the beginning of our problem. ... If this trend continues, about 1 in 3 black males born in 2001 can expect to spend time in prison at some point in their lives (Garrison 2011:89). ... The high rate of incarceration in the United States is largely due to the policies that were put in place in connection with the war on drugs in the 1980s and 90s. Unfortunately, these policies have produced largely unequal outcomes for communities of color due to "misguided drug laws and draconian sentencing requi...

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Sklair (1991) viewed globalization as being prevalent on three levels: 1-economic 2-political, and 3-cultural-ideological. Albrow (1990) suggests that 'globalization refers to all those processes by which the peoples of the world are incorporated into a single, global society'. ... It is obvious that the world is fast becoming a smaller place to live in due to the increased potential in communications. ... Such occurrences have made new places are become new targets in the war of consumerism. ... The bringing about of globalization is along process, that imposes with high d...

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Content Book 1 - Extra Social Factors Suicide and Psychopathic States Durkheim, as mentioned in the introduction, conducted the study of suicide to prove that it was social, rather than extra social factors that influenced suicide. ... Let us look at these in detail: 1) Egoistic Suicide: Egoism means, the process by which individuals detach themselves from the wider society by turning their activity inward and by retreating into themselves. ...

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He saw the world as being more based on geo-politics. ... Thus, modern capitalism was born and has changed the entire world. ... For example, at the end of World War II when the USSR brought the "iron curtain" down across Eastern Europe this changed the whole world's future dividing it into two camps, the Communists and the Democrats. ... Wallerstein sees things according to a world system view. ... He views countries as being in one of three zones: 1. ...

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Since the birth of television, "Psychological research has shown three major effects of seeing violence on television: Children may become less sensitive to the pain and suffering of others, Children may be more fearful of the world around them, Children may be more likely to behave in aggressive or harmful ways toward others." ... Now, students fear for their lives as our schools have turned into war zones, with school shootings becoming a national problem. ... (Censorship of Television) The media has an arguable hold on the politics of this nation. ... Societies that do not offer freedo...

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They both come closer to a position of self-knowledge and this enables the "merry war" of Beatrice and Benedick to move a step further to its conclusion. ... Both times Claudio notes incorrectly and his willingness to believe falsehoods and attribute blame - first to beauty ("for beauty is a witch" 2. 1. 135), then to Hero's base nature ("savage sensuality" 4.1. 135) - also point to self-deception about love, honour and women. ... Hero becomes an illusion in which all womanly virtue and beauty are contained ("Can the world buy such a jewel" 1.1.108-109). ...

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The Age of Walpole 1714 - 42 1- The structure of society, 1714 - 42 England in 1714 was a land of villages and towns. ... From the end of the 17th c. possibly since the curl war, there had been a tendency for estates to grow larger, and this was beginning, by the early eighteenth century, to affect the nature of rural society. ... Daniel Defoe wrote in 1728 "trade is the wealth of the world, Trade makes the Difference as to Rich and poor, between one Nation and another, Trade nourishes Industry, industry begets Trade". ...

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Elizabeth Marsh is an unusual figure to study; she was not wealthy or known for her successes although she did travel immensely, "visiting and exploring settlements, towns and temples".1 From this came Linda Colley's writings of The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh. From this point forward, Elizabeth Marsh was not only looked upon as a woman in world history but also as an important figure in the means of social history. ... One can understand that Elizabeth Marsh is not just a world historian but in fact, she is a woman who encompasses the categories of social history. From her lif...

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Forensic anthropologists help identify individuals who died in mass disasters, wars, or due to homicide, suicide, or accidental death, and applying the evidence to a case legally. ... Archaeological research covers a vast array of cultures throughout time and space--from prehistory on up to our recent past, all over the world. ... You will most likely be required to take classes in each of these three subfields of anthropology (listed below)--to ensure the comprehensiveness in further training: cultural anthropology: behaviors, rituals, belief systems, economies, kinship, traditions, hi...

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Around that time Butterfield was honored with the Pulitzer Prize as a member of The New York Times team that published the Pentagon Papers, the Pentagon's secret history of the Vietnam War, in 1971. ... He goes on the record for saying that "The high homicide rates that characterize the United States really have a geographical origin in the white, rural pre-Civil War South" (Booknotes, 1989). ... Also in the beginning stages of this chapter the whites began to become enraged due to the fact that blacks were given the right to vote and there were more blacks in the population the...

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1. ... Historically interventions aimed at improving the health of populations have met with limited success At the end of the Second World war advancements in medical science, such as the mass production of penicillin to treat infectious diseases, led to an impact on policy making and most notably the provision of free medical services through the NHS and the welfare state within the UK."... There is a persistent correlation world wide between low income and poor health. ...

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CAPITALISM: Although the system of capitalism has been both blessed and cursed, capitalism has brought the United States one of the world's highest standards of living. The capitalist believes in three broad principles: 1. ... For the parts of the world that experienced this transformation, nothing in society, politics or ideology, would ever be the same. The middle class became the leading force of change in the industrialized world. ... No portion of the world is unaffected today by a process of industrial change. ...

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The originality of the system resides in the fact that the dynamic elements of society, whose discontent might have engendered revolution, are really satisfied with their social condition and do not seek to change it: a man of so- called "inferior caste" would categorically refuse to enter a so- called "superior" one. 1 In Africa, it is not rare for members of the lower caste to refuse to enter into conjugal relations with those of the higher caste, even though the reverse would seem more normal. ... One can easily imagine the state of mind of a warrior or any freeman who...

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Educational inequality is a reflection of wider social inequalities. Policies to reduce inequality are directly affected by the ideology of the ruling party of the time. Throughout this essay, we will discuss the dominant ideology of modern day Britain to highlight the fact that, despite rhetoric us...

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Task 1 The first task is about volunteering at a health and social care setting which is a day care for older individuals helping carrying out arts and crafts activities whilst demonstrating the following care values: Dignity After the activity room has been set up, I welcomed all the service users, some were still able to walk themselves in the room and some needed support when walking and some were in wheelchairs. ... During the activity, some service users told me about their past, most of the man talked about the World War and how proud they were about serving for their country which...

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