Society can broadly be defined as the aggregate of people in a more or less ordered community or an economic‚ social‚ or industrial infrastructure‚ made up of a varied collection of individuals. It has been evolving from the time the first men appeared on earth to the present moment. An Industrial society is a society driven by the use of technology to enable mass production‚ supporting a large population with a high capacity for division of labour. A post-industrial society is one where the service
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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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POST-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY MAKES A SHIFT TOWARDS SERVICE SECTOR AND ICT Post industrial society is marked by a transition from a manufacturing-based economy to a service-based economy‚ a transition that is also connected with subsequent societal restructuring. Post industrialization is the next evolutionary step from an industrialized society and is most evident in countries and regions that were among the first to experience the Industrial Revolution‚ such as the United States‚ Western Europe‚ and
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Women in the Post Industrial Society In the 1940s “Anything You Can Do” was a song performed in the popular Broadway musical‚ Annie Get Your Gun. The man and woman‚ who sung the duet‚ try to outshine each other by proclaiming that one does better in each other’s responsibilities. With that being said‚ women were beginning to catch up and exceed their male counterparts in the post industrial society. They began taking opportunities to excel themselves in the workforce‚ education and in their own
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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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these attributes‚ opportunities and relationships are socially constructed and are learned through the process of interacting or socialization. Gender determines what is expected‚ allowed and valued in a woman or a man in a given context. In most societies there are differences and inequalities between women and men in responsibilities assigned‚ activities undertaken‚ access to and control over resources‚ as well as decision-making opportunities. Some places women are restricted to certain functions
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IN INDUSTRIAL AND POST INDUSTRIAL 1 SOCIETIES IN RELATION TO POWER 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 2.0 GENDER DEFINED 1 3.0 ASPECTS OF GENDER 2 4.0 GENDER AND POWER RELATIONS 2 4.1 Patriarchy System 2 4.2 Biological aspect 3 5.0 INEQUALITIES IN EMPLOYMENT 3 5.1 Altitude towards women in the workforce 3 5.2 The industrial and post industrial societies 4 6.0 CONCLUSION 5 LIST OF SOURCES 7 Assignment Questions A. Discuss the role of gender and employment in industrial and post-industrial
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Q.Industrial society is a modern society‚ comment. A. Modernity is a very broad concept (and it is a product of renneissance‚ industrialisation‚ french revolution) typically refers to a post-traditional‚ post-medieval historical period‚ one marked by the move from feudalism (or agrarianism) toward capitalism‚ industrialization‚ secularization and rationalization. The Modernization describes the process and changes since Industrial Revolution in 18th century in all aspects of human. We
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Work in Pre-industrial‚ Industrial and Post-industrial era For this paper‚ we are going to look at 3 very different periods from the history. We concentrate on the work conditions‚ look at who has to work in the family and how inventions influence the production and selling processes. Also‚ name some jobs that were popular during these periods. First era is Pre-industrial era. Eventhough this period goes far back to the time when plough was invented (Concern Infotech Pvt. Ltd. 2010)‚ we are going
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chain of events that occurred from 1814-1914. Western Europe went through the “Industrial Revolution”‚ where people moved from fields into factories for work. The Industrial Revolution was propelled by the Ism’s. Two of the most crucial Ism’s being Nationalism and Social Darwinism. Though they aren’t very similar‚ these two Ism’s played an essential role in the evolving culture in Western Europe throughout the “Industrial Revolution”. Nationalism is the strong belief that the interests of a particular
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