Continuity and change The nature of Social and Cultural Research Methodologies | Examine the nature and characteristics of primary and secondary research | | Distinguish between quantitative and qualitative research | | Examine the characteristics of the following:-survey-case study-participant observation-content analysis-focus group-action research-interview-questionnaire-observation-ethnographic studystatistical analysis (data analysis) | Action Research- an informal‚ qualitative‚ interpretive
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had a sense of community and was self-sufficient‚ the Industrial Society was more based on mass production and machinery‚ urbanisation and an affluence in consumer values. The Industrial Revolution brought about a complete change not only in the modes of production and in the world of work‚ but also in all the spheres of life‚ thus launching the process of Industrialisation. Émile Durkheim on the Division of Labour and Anomie Durkheim’s main influence on our apprehension of working life can be
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which led to the majority of the British Public wanting a change. A change in government‚ government policies and a change to overcome the mass unemployment they were suffering from as a direct result of the end of the Napoleonic War‚ industrialisation and urbanisation. However‚ despite the widely held view that amendments – in favour of the working class – were needed‚ no such change came about in the years 1815 to 1820. Lord Liverpool’s government was partly responsible for this as it introduced
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The Last Years of the Poor Law During the interwar period the Poor Law served as a residual safety net‚ assisting those who fell through the cracks of the existing social insurance policies. The high unemployment of 1921-38 led to a sharp increase in numbers on relief. The official count of relief recipients rose from 748‚000 in 1914 to 1‚449‚000 in 1922; the number relieved averaged 1‚379‚800 from 1922 to 1938. A large share of those on relief were unemployed workers and their dependents
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poverty in Dhaka City‚ Bangladesh. It has highlighted the city of Dhaka as the urbanisation of the whole country is interlinked with the intense development of the city. The paper is based on data collected through surveys of population censuses and relevant studies. It reveals that the historical process of urban development of Dhaka City presents various trends based on its political development. The rapid urbanisation of the city since its emergence as the capital of an independent state is due
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Introduction The decline of marriage in the West has been extensively researched over the last three decades (Carmichael and Whittaker; de Vaus; Coontz; Beck-Gernshein). Indeed‚ it was fears that the institution would be further eroded by the legalisation of same sex unions internationally that provided the impetus for the Australian government to amend the Marriage Act (1961). These amendments in 2004 sought to strengthen marriage by explicitly defining‚ for the first time‚ marriage as a legal
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Individualism‚ Balance and Nature Hannah Costley Veering away from the conventional attitude‚ fuelled by ideas of individualism and political liberty‚ authors‚ poets‚ intellects and playwrights played a part in the Romantic Movement of 1790-1860. Influenced by the French Revolution and the works of Jean Jacques Rousseau and William Godwin‚ intellectuals and artists strove to breakaway from the scientific mindset and enter a world that glorified natural sublimity and the equilibrium of nature.
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fled to the towns and cities looking for work in factories‚ leading to urbanisation which caused public health problems such as the spread of cholera. In this way‚ Alexander II carried out a reform that did not help the working class and in turn created poor living conditions for the peasantry. His father‚ however‚ showed more interest in developing Russia’s industry which created jobs. He employed Witte to push industrialisation forwards including the expansion of the Trans-Siberian railway. However
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The early twentieth century in Russia saw people from many different levels of society experience grievances due to the poor leadership and decision making of Nicholas II. Nicholas failed to see the problems his people were dealing with and was too caught up in keeping Russia under autocratic rule. The grievances the Russian people experienced ranged from political‚ social and economic. Each social class had different criticisms and issues with the Russian government but the dissatisfaction with
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Week 1: Chapter 3- Role of the public relations practitioner Key roles for PR: Managerial Operational Reflective (role of analysing changing social values to adjust to organisations‚ standards and values of social responsibility and is aimed at influencing the dominant coalition). Educational (aims to increase communication competence of employees). • Systems theory works on a basis that everything in the social world is part of a system that interacts with other systems on that
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