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    opportunity. She argues that class‚ race‚ and families lives have everything to do with your placement. To give a strong structure toward her the way she provides this cycle has to do with the parents. When evaluating a family you must look at Pierre Bourdieu habitus theory. Her theory describes how children obtain social property that can and behave a particular way without actually working for them. For example‚ this can be

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    The Charter of Rights and Freedom and its Affect on Canada The Charter of Rights and Freedoms is a bill of rights granted constitutional status that was introduced in the Constitution Act of 1982 by Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau. The Constitution Act is also known as the repatriation of the Canadian Constitution. The Charter had several purposes; the first is “to outline and guarantee the political rights of Canadian citizens‚ as well as the civil rights of anyone who is residing on the

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    He ran for the leadership of the Liberal Party in 1968 as an “anti-establishment” candidate (prime-ministers). However‚ he was defeated by Pierre Trudeau. For four years‚ Turner joined Trudeau’s Cabinet as Minister of Justice‚ and from 1972 to 1975‚ he served as Minister of Finance. Also‚ according to Litt‚ he was hardworking. He‚ however‚ faced some challenges. These included the case of high

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    Josh Kanger Art 129-LS1 J. Stevenson May 14‚ 2011 The Skeptical Science of Georges Seurat Georges Pierre Seurat was born on December 2‚ 1859 in the fast growing city of Paris‚ France. Georges Seurat was the “non-conformist” of his day; it was he who decided to move away from Impressionism‚ and find his own style of expressing his art. Seurat’s art career only is crammed in just a dozen years‚ but the beautiful artwork he has created goes to show that he is a true master of his time (Courthion

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    Outline and assess cultural explanations for different class achievement (50 marks) A social class background has a very powerful influence on a child’s chances of success in the education system. The children that are from a middle class background will normally perform better than the working class. Basil Bernstein identifies to different speech codes that can effect class achievement in the education system. The restricted speech code‚ this is normally used by the working class. It is based

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    With great power comes great responsibility; that famous quote from Spiderman perfectly describes the war measures act. The war measures act was created in 1914 and gave the government the full power to do anything in order to maintain peace and safety for all Canadian citizens. It was only used three times in Canadian history before it was replaced by the Emergences act in 1988. It was invoked during World War I from 1914-1920‚ World War II from 1941-1945 and once again during the October crisis

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    Throughout Canadian history there have been many influential political leaders in the past‚ but none as powerful or significant as Brian Mulroney. Despite the many political criticisms‚ Brian Mulroney served as the longest conservative prime minister in Canada‚ he attained a struggle through his pre-political life‚ which lead him to cleaning up his act and leading the conservative party to the greatest majority in Canadian history‚ he goes on to serve the legacy of one of the greatest political leaders

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    Does the Canadian Prime Minister have too much power and what can be done about it? For: Dr. D. Brown Political Science 221 11/18/2013 By: Luke Baxter | ID: 201005340 Second to the Governor General of Canada‚ the position of the Canadian Prime Minister is the single highest power a public servant can obtain. The residual power that the Governor General holds under the monarchy of Britain gives the Governor General the ultimate and final say

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    influencing the novels plot line as a whole. Specifically‚ Pierre Bezukhov and his past inherited fortune influence his marriage‚ his duel‚ and his eventual spiraling depression. This element is also present throughout The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ shining through whenever Huck makes a decision. The majority of his decisions are based on either his past education or past experiences or more specifically‚ his lack thereof. Pierre Bezukhov‚ before his inheritance‚ is a man of nothing noteworthy

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    “One is not born‚ but becomes a woman. No biological‚ psychological‚ or economic fate determines the figure that the human female presents in society: it is civilization as a whole that produces this creature‚ intermediate between male and eunuch‚ which is described as feminine.” - Simone de Beauvoir‚ The Second Sex (1952)‚ p. 249. Feminine Subjectivity: From Possibility to Reality During the past forty years‚ theories of subjectivity were common in art and social science discourses. All

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