CONSUMING CULTURES: GLOBALISATION AND LOCAL LIVES A book by Jeremy Seabrook * Author: Jeremy Seabrook * Publisher: Earthcare Books * Famous Works: Children Of Other Worlds and Travels in the Skin Trade * Other Information: Apart from being a writer‚ he has also worked as a journalist‚ teacher‚ playwright‚ social worker and a lecturer * Book Dissection: 4 parts and 15 chapters Synopsis: In the book‚ Jeremy Seabrook talks about the impact of Globalization all around and he
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fairytales provide responders with an entertaining insight into the ways that society has changed. Adaptations convey prevailing ideologies‚ often modernizing settings‚ attitudes and values. Contemporary responders are therefore appealed too these modernisations. Since 1697 there have been numerous adaptations of Charles Perrault’s original tale Little Red Riding Hood. With each new adaptation it is obvious that attitudes towards women have markedly changed. Angela Carter writing the late 1990’s will
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Do you agree with the view that‚ in the years 1945-51‚ the achievements of the Labour government far outweighed its failures? Explain your answer‚ using Sources 4‚ 5 and 6 and your own knowledge. (40 marks) The Labour government in 1945-1951 achieved a high degree of activity and success‚ despite working within ‘the aftermath of war’ which inevitably ‘brings enormous difficulties’. The Labour government devoted their power to reconstructing a better nation‚ one that would be a ‘better place in
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Influences on Practice/ Service Delivery: e.g. legislation‚ policy‚ practice guidance etc. How does it influence the service and the ways in which nurses and social workers work within it? (Demonstrating knowledge of roles within the service‚ as well as theoretical frameworks and guidance underpinning professional practice). The ways in which this affects how decisions are made (e.g. are they influenced by the lead professional agency? What is the legal basis for decisions that are made about how
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them more effective. New Labour was set up as a fresh new take on the Labour Party in 1997 during the election; this name was maintained when Blair was in office. In 1996 the slogan ‘New Labour‚ New life for Britain’ was released‚ to show the modernisation of
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|Contents |Page | |Executive summary of main findings of report .................................... |3 | |Introduction to the report ................................................................. |4 | |
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Concept and objectives of Value Education Dr A R Seetharam Principal‚ B Ed Section Ramakrishna Institute of Moral and Spiritual Education‚ Mysore The Present Context The subject value education has come to acquire increasing prominence in educational discussions at all levels during recent times in our country. The issue has been projected as one of national priority in the National Educational Policy (NPE)‚ 1986. The Policy declares: "the growing concern over the erosion of essential values
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Monopoly of Indian Railways : IIM Case Study By: Yogin Vora on May 13‚ 2009 22 Comments Business internet connection Internet Marketing Business Cards In economics‚ a monopoly (from the Latin word monopolium – Greek language monos‚ one + polein‚ to sell) is defined as a persistent market situation where there is only one provider of a product or service. Monopolies are characterized by a lack of economic competition for the good or service that they provide and a lack of viable
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Urban Gentrification and Urban Morphology The term ‘gentrification’ has myriads of interpretations from different geographers‚ and sociologists. Ever since‚ there has been protracted debate on its methodology‚ consequences and whether it constitutes a dominant or residual urban form. The term ‘gentrification’ was first coined by the Marxist urban geographer Ruth Glass (Glass‚ 1964) to describe the influx of wealthier individuals into cities or neighbourhoods who replace working or lower-classes
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‘Justice is under threat in the risk society’‚ is Barbara Hudson right to argue this? In the UK the state advised what it expects of us and in response to this gives us laws that we are not legitimate to disobey. We currently live in a de facto and de jure state where no one else can take part in violence apart from the state when needed‚ and the laws are seen as just. From the seventeenth century to the late twentieth century there has been a change in society creating a modernist era which saw
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