UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA Forty-sixth session of the Economic Commission for Africa Sixth Joint Annual Meetings of the ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance‚ Planning and Economic Development and AU Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION Eighth session of the Conference of African Ministers of Economy and Finance Distr.: General E/ECA/CM/46/2 AU/CAMEF/MIN/2(VIII) 7 March 2013 Abidjan‚
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poor It was very hard to keep in touch with people living in other countries There was no means of transportation No cars/ trains/ aeroplanes Social life The villagers were friendly They shared materials‚ tools‚ animals and farming methods Family oriented Education Education was extremely poor; only the rich could afford tutors etc
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The effect of Industrialisation shown by rising income levels since 1500. The graph shows the gross domestic product (at purchasing power parity) per capita between 1500 and 1950 in 1990 International dollars for selected nations. [1] Industrialisation (orindustrialization) is the process of social and economic change that transforms a human group from anagrarian society into an industrialone. It is a part of a widermodernisation process‚ where social change and economic developmentare closely related
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History of industrialisation Main article: Pre-industrial society A Watt steam engine‚ the steam engine fuelled primarily by coal that propelled the Industrial Revolution in the United Kingdom and the world.[10] Most pre-industrial economies had standards of living not much above subsistence‚ among that the majority of the population were focused on producing their means of survival. For example‚ in medieval Europe‚ 80% of the labour force was employed in subsistence agriculture. Some pre-industrial
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Industrialisation and the Family. Using material from item B and elsewhere‚ assess the claim that industrialisation led to the break up of the extended family. Industrialisation came about in the early 1900s. It was the growth of manufacturing and agricultural farmers went to the urban areas leaving the rural land behind looking for work. People say that industrilisation was the cause that led to the break up of the extended family. Talcott Parsons believed in the functionalist theory. He
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of the structure family Since the industrial revolution‚ a new economic paradigm has created a new social behavior based on accelerated production and consumption that is constantly evolving. Due to these cultural changes‚ family structure has been changing. In effect‚ we can see how the family system at the present time‚ regarding the past‚ has significant differences in terms of structure and family functioning. Therefore‚ throughout the text will be exposed the different kinds of family that have
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Oliver Children &Families in a Diverse Society Professor Deborah Hibbs March 27‚ 2017 As early childhood educators‚ we need to think about the types of families nthat our students come from. Today‚ it is not the norm for families to be mom‚ dad and child‚ families can be described many ways. We have single parent families‚ mom or dad‚ grandparents raising grandchildren‚ gay and lesbians raising children domestic and adopted from another country and multicultural families‚ some bilingual
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Did industrialisation lead to decline of the extended family and rise of the nuclear family? (use item B) The view of a nuclear family is a functionalist view; it is the idea that the typical family ideal includes two heterosexual parents that has the male as the bread winner and the instrumental role whereas the woman was the expressive role. The Idea was that is nuclear family existed in most cultures and there was some form of it‚ and that it contributed to society through socialisation‚ teaching
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Changes in Family Structure During the past few decades there have been major changes in the structure of the family. A family used to be represented by a married couple with children‚ generally of the same race and living under the same roof. The traditional family was known for its stability and unmarried people were considered to live a life of loneliness. Numerous people today still believe that the nuclear family is the best for raising children and even the media and television portray
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Stalin use industrialisation and collectivisation to consolidate his power in the 1930s? Stalin used both collectivisation and industrialisation to consolidate power in Russia during the 1930s. Both policies allowed him to gain control over the economy‚ and to discredit or eliminate his rivals within the Communist Party. Without these programs‚ there could have been no totalitarian rule in Russia. Even before launching his economic program in 1929‚ Stalin used the industrialisation debate of
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