What were the two greatest successes and two greatest failures of the Wilson government 1964-70? This period of Labour rule is often marked down as a poor performance on behalf of the labour party‚ critically looked upon by many historians. There were many failings under the rule of this government however the circumstances they were placed in caused severe restraints in their options. Wilson had been voted into government with the promise of central planning and “the white heat of new technology”
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12 ANGRY MEN Twelve Angry Men was created in 1957 and directed by Sidney Lumet. The is basically about a dissenting juror in a murder trial who slowly manages to convince the others that the case they’re examining is not as obviously clear as it seemed in court. The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. It begins as an open and shut case of murder‚ but soon becomes
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In this essay I aim to describe two theories (Equity Theory and Social exchange theory) of relationships and to consider how they might influence the therapist engaged in couples counseling‚ noting their similarities and differences. Equity theory is a theory about fairness. Its application to close relationships has been primarily advanced by Elaine Hatfield (previously known as Elaine Walster) and her colleagues in the book Equity: Theory and Research (Walster‚ Walster‚ and Berscheid 1978). The
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“How important was the Suez crisis in redefining Britain’s international role?” The Suez crisis of 1956 affected Anthony Eden’s belief that Britain was still an imperial power‚ it is arguable that the events that had taken place affected in some way the redefining of Britain’s international status. Britain was suffering deeply with the retreat from the empire; the Suez Canal was a key factor to Britain’s trade route. It was under Colonel Nasser the Egyptian independence was called for. In the 1959
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Meursault‚ the novel’s narrator and protagonist‚ receives a telegram telling him that his mother has died. She had been living in an old persons’ home in Marengo‚ outside of Algiers. Meursault asks his boss for two days’ leave from work to attend the funeral. His boss grudgingly grants the request‚ and makes Meursault feel almost guilty for asking. Meursault catches the two o’clock bus to Marengo‚ and sleeps for nearly the entire trip. When Meursault arrives‚ he meets with the director of the old
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what is meant by Global Village. The late Marshal McLuhan‚ a media and communication theorist‚ coined the term‚ “global village” in 1964 to describe the phenomenon of the world’s culture shrinking and expanding at the same time due to pervasive technological advances that allow for instantaneous sharing of culture (Harris 2007). The term itself simple suggest that a global village refers to the act of virtually transforming the world into a village. This implies a hypothetical
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Describe and evaluate two theories of maintenance of relationships. Thibaut and Kelly proposed the social exchange theory. This claims that social behaviour is due to the result of an exchange process. This is where an individual attempts to maximise their own rewards and minimise their costs. The exchange process alters when an individual receives rewards from others; they feel the urge to return this favour. Rewards are those exchanges that are categorised as being pleasurable and gratifying
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02) - Explain why the Conservative Party won the General Election of 1959 – (12 marks) WW2 made a huge dent in Britain’s economic capability in terms of international trade and the fact that half of our factories had been converted to build military equipment. Not long before the General Election the economy had begun to pick up. At the time Labour was a significantly divided party with the Gaitskillites and the Bevanites meaning some support of voters was lost through lack of assurance that the
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To what extent can the period of Conservative dominance between 1951 and 1964 be viewed as ‘Thirteen Wasted Years’? (45 marks) Turn these parts into questions and sub questions – note that you do not need to cover every single sub-point in your plan or final answer. You may decide that there are other sub-points that you wish to use instead and‚ if relevant‚ then you can do so. Quotes from historians Introduction: do not need to answer the question Conclusion: do not repeat what already
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"Rashomon‚" features a once-proud imperial gate‚ now in ruins‚ full of dead bodies and a shriveled old woman desecrating the dead in order to survive by selling wigs. The unnamed servant protagonist uses the old woman’s moral relativism against her‚ robbing her of perhaps her only possession‚ her robe‚ as he bounds into the night into a life of crime. Setting has a profound relationship to character and plot here. A meditation on good and evil‚ on desperation and hypocrisy -- tells of a servant
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