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    homophobia‚ ironically so. During the Reagan administration‚ there was a clear lack of interest in solving the AIDS epidemic. Although the disease was rampant‚ due to AIDS being seen as a “gay disease” many of the evangelical politicans under Reagan dismissed the issue. Moreover‚ homophobic and anti-gay sentiment was rampant among his administration. Roy Cohn took the typical conservative approach against homosexuality and refused to admit he was closeted‚ even until he died of AIDS. In fact‚ when talking

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    In 1975‚ the Australian Government introduced the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) in order to uphold a balance between spouses and de facto partners in regards to supporting and maintaining each parties legal rights. However‚ in recent years this legislation has caused growing disharmony between parental figures‚ with the rights of perspective fathers as well as existing ones‚ being neglected in the court of law. Major societal concerns have come to light in regard to a father’s legal rights under the

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    SHC33 PROMOTE EQUALITY AND INCLUSION IN HEALTH‚ SOCIAL CARE OR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S SETTING 1. Explain what is meant by Diversity The concept of diversity is not complex‚ but can be multifaceted in its variations. Diversity is based on different variations of a range of things. Diversity means‚ in the context of society‚ having a mixed community of people from all walks of life. This incorporates a diverse community of different cultures‚ religions‚ political groups. Diversity is not

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    Was World War II period of progress and development I believe that after such a disaster like the Second World War‚ progress and development must have been done. I will talk about the Social‚ Economic and Political impact of the Second World War on the world we live in today. I will go in depth and talk about current problems around the world like for example the difference in GDP around the world. The Second World War had a huge social impact on the world we live in today. If we compare the education

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    Question: What was the major social‚ cultural‚ political and economic fallout of WWI? It can be argued convincingly that the United States emerged from World War I as the world superpower because of U.S intervention and President Woodrow Wilson’s diplomatic leadership. America had now become the ‘saviour of Europe.’ The United States left World War I with a major confidence boost. The war resulted in the death of empires‚ the birth of nations and in national boundaries being redrawn around the

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    under the Australian legal system. Government concern for the higher proportion of Aboriginal people in prison began in the 1960s. By the 1970s‚ there were increasing question from within government and from community groups about whether this meant that Aboriginal people were more likely to commit crime or just more likely to be charged with an offence. In the 1980s‚ there was growing concern of the tragically hight number of Aboriginal people who were dying while in police custody. In 1989 the Commonwealth

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    Struggles between the Government In A Clockwork Orange‚ Anthony Burgess has created a dark‚ gloomy socialist state of futuristic world and the theme of this novel deals with the struggles between the governments. The society in the story is inhabited by fearful citizens‚ wild young outlaws‚ and a totalitarian government which is unable to control the society’s flood of violence. The citizens are more than usually suspicious of strangers‚ especially after dark‚ they would not go out to the dangerous

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    Democracy within America was destined to unite citizens through political participation and influence; however‚ there has been a constant battle between differing ideologies that divides the very citizens it’s meant to unite. Two parties represent each side of the political spectrum‚ each with their own values and beliefs detailed within their political platforms defined during their respective national conventions. These specified policies often disagree with each other; for example‚ in the case

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    ‘British society in 1975 was different in every way to the one seen in 1951’ Discuss. The British society in 1975 was ‘certainly’ different from its own self in 1951. But‚ as radically the society changed‚ we cannot say that it was a total departure from the preceding ‘conformist’ state. The early 1970s British society is more or less a more ‘mature’ version of the gradually growing incoherent one that came into existence in the 1950s. Britain in 1951‚ though conservative‚ did acknowledge a new

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    How much progress was made in civil rights between 1960-80? 1960 began positively for blacks as students carried out the lunch counter protests. On 1st February black students entered Woolworths and at the whites only lunch counter‚ the significance of the protest was not just the defiance of whites but also to reemphasise non violent protest was the way forward and the action blacks were taking. After this event a black founded student non-violent coordinating committee was started and became

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