There are many types of societies‚ but three of the most prevalent types are the preindustrial‚ industrial‚ and postindustrial. The preindustrial society is very limited by its agricultural focus. Industrial societies use advances in technology and mass production to support a large population with three distinct social classes. In postindustrial societies the focus shifts from mass production to technological innovation. Preindustrial societies are primarily agricultural‚ and because of this
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In sociology‚ industrial society refers to a society driven by the use of technology to enable mass production‚ supporting a large population with a high capacity for division of labour. Such a structure developed in the west in the period of time following the Industrial Revolution‚ and replaced the agrarian societies of the Pre-modern‚ Pre-industrial age. Industrial societies are generally mass societies‚ and may be succeeded by an Information society. They are often contrasted to with the traditional
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Americans like to perceive that they live in a land of opportunity where anyone can achieve his/her dreams by working hard. Sadly‚ history paints a different picture. The three defining traits of what it means to be an American includes racism‚ sexism‚ and using religion to justify our own actions. Since the creation of the United States‚ white people have always been privileged. Racial minorities were held back from basic human rights. Slavery kept black people on the same social level as cattle
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To be a snitch means to be a tattle teller. It is also known as being an informer or someone who shares advice. In the latter day urban society snitching is considered to be one of the ways of getting yourself in unwanted trouble. Like they say don’t go sticking your nose in other people’s business‚ snitching is exactly the opposite of it. Growing up in today’s urban society it has become a debate whether or not snitching is
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What does studying in the Knowledge Society mean? Nowadays people deal with much more information than ever before in human history. For this reason today’s society is called the Knowledge Society or the Information Age. The process of globalization and its “children”-increasing integration of communities‚ rapid pace of life‚ the global network of exchange and innovation of new technology‚ revolutionizing all aspects of our daily lives‚ creating new models and values‚ whose development has
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2002. Paper 14 THE NATURE OF RURALITY IN POST INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY By David L. Brown and John B. Cromartie∗ Draft 2/15/02 INTRODUCTION Urbanization is a dynamic social and economic process that transforms societies from primarily rural to primarily urban ways of life (Hauser‚ 1965). Few would dispute this definition‚ but how useful is it for examining the spatial reorganization of population and economic activities in postindustrial societies where a large majority of people‚ jobs‚ and organizations
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What does it mean to be polite? The human being is social since from the beginning of its existence on Earth‚ billions years ago. From that time on‚ we have been living in a society with laws‚ rules and concepts about how to be polite‚ have good manners and good behavior. Although these concepts can change from culture to culture‚ I believe that say “please” or “thank you” to people next us‚ who also make part of our society‚ means to be polite all over the world. Being polite means
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In contemporary society‚ emerging Markets (EM) are increasingly becoming the most important strength that could promote the development of the world economy. Broadly speaking‚ the term "emerging market" has been used mainly to refer to the developing world in Asia‚ Africa‚ and Latin America. (Mody，2004). Narrowly speaking‚ EM refers to the stock markets of developing countries. The purpose of this article is to further analyze the characteristics of emerging markets‚ I am going to focus on the broad
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In answering this question it is first necessary to define what is meant by the term New Labour.’ With respect to the history of politics‚ New Labour’ is a fairly recent description of a change or shift in the Labour party ideology occurring within the last 12 years. It refers to a gradual shift of Labour from political left to a more conservative right wing approach to various issues and in terms of the political spectrum‚ Labour now occupy the middle-to-right area‚ rather than the middle-to-left
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What are the main characteristics of ‘emerging markets’? Introduction During the changing of world economy‚ it is increasingly common to hear the term ‘emerging markets’ and from news and report. In the mid-1980s‚ the term ‘emerging markets’ was created by the World Bank‚ and has significant influence on the global business world nowadays (Gwynne‚ Klak and Shaw 2003). To raise investor’s attention to those developing countries‚ there are numerous characteristics springing up which are given by
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