1. Economic Growth‚ Technology and Structural Change Economic Development: Growth is associated with structural‚ social change and change in the important institutions of the economy. These institutions evolve within the development process. Institutions are the result of past historical and social developments. Since different countries have different pasts‚ institutions will vary. “Development is about improving the quality of people’s lives‚ expanding their ability to shape their own
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What is ‘housework’‚ and what changes are occurring in this area of work today? Broadly speaking‚ the term ‘housework’ is used to describe the management of the home‚ which ‘involves a range of activities‚ the purpose of which is to maintain household members’ (Hatt 1997: 39). Hatt discusses how the industrial revolution and the rise of capitalism created a tidal wave of mass social change; causing production to shift from within the household to the factory. The home is now the site of the ‘reproduction’
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political‚ economic and social changes during the Meiji Restoration. By the 20th century‚ Japan had a modern constitution and national parliament‚ though it was not truly democratic. The modernization of the nation also made Japan richer and more economically stable‚ with a structured education system. Japan‚ an impotent‚ closed feudal state‚ was transformed into a formidable nation focused on nationalism. In attempt to acquire strength and unity in the government‚ political changes focused on creating
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The 1920s was a decade of exciting social changes and profound cultural conflicts. It was the first decade to have a nickname‚ “Roaring 20s" or "Jazz Age." This decade was the birth of mass culture‚ the “new” woman‚ and the “jazz age”. One big and impactful event of the 1920s was the prohibition of alcohol. The 1920s was the birth of mass culture. For example‚ Americans had money to spend on items‚ like clothes and home appliances. Electric refrigerators were created in replace of an icebox to keep
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Sheriff (1963) defined social psychology as “ The scientific study of the experience and behaviour of individuals in relation to social- stimuli situations ”as cited in Sahakian (1982).What most social psychologists study are a person’s responses stimuli originating with fellow other people. The history of social psychology can be sought at in stages. The first is the anti-democratic French crowd psychology which was around 1900‚ the democratic attitude research in the United States which was between
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Changes‚ Changes‚ and More Changes Hudson County Community College isn’t a perfect school‚ but there are a lot of things that they have room to improve on. I honestly don’t have many complaints about this school‚ I feel alright about it‚ I am not impressed but I am also not outraged by anything. Even though I don’t have many complaints about this school it doesn’t mean that I don’t feel that they have things that they should improve on. The biggest problem I have with this school is the service
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2.1 Questions 1 What changes in the work situation might account for the increase in productivity and the decrease in controllable rejects? Answer: As per the information in the case study‚ the morale of the employee’s involved in the manufacturing of Hotplates is extremely low. Due to this the controllable rejects are almost 23%. The reasons behind lack of employee motivation are analyzed as repetition of work and partial involvement that lack the outcome. To overcome the problem management decided
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To what extent did Witte’s Policies develop Russia? Sergei Witte was the Minister of Finance in Russia in from 1892 to 1903. He desperately wanted to bring Russia‚ metaphorically‚ ‘out of the dark ages’ by bringing it up to speed‚ so that it would eventually reach a level of modernisation where it could go head to head with the advanced countries further west. He believed Russia first needed to attain capital investment in the industrial sector‚ increase urban workers (Proletariat)‚ attract foreign
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I am from a city called Pune. Pune is a metrapolis located in the state of Maharashtra. With a population of approximately seven million‚ the city has its fair share of problems associated with overpopulation; such as: pollution‚ traffic jams and shortage of real estate to name a few. If I were to change one thing about Pune‚ it would be the excess population of our city. Over the past decade‚ the population of Pune has nearly doubled. This rise in population has resulted in a dramatic increase
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During World War I many circumstances changed‚ from the way battles were fought to who exactly was fighting in them. New technologies let both sides of the war explore ways to win. Tanks‚ chemical warfare‚ and powered flight are highly significant technologies that affected the war effort. Tanks could cross barbed wire‚ and pass through no man’s land easily. They didn’t go fast and broke down multiple times‚ but they could resolve a stalemate. Soldiers fled into the trenches as they couldn’t
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