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    traditional theories such as Functionalism and Marxism are outdated and are deemed irrelevant to many sociologists. Functionalism and Marxism are often described as ‘modernist’ as they explain the findings of modern society‚ where it follows the industrialisation of the western world. Postmodernists reject the views of the modernist theorists as they claim that they are metanarratives. They believe that sociology needs to develop new theories so we can fully understand postmodern society. Postmodernity

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    A RECENT publication‚ Food Insecurity Atlas of Urban India‚ brought out by the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) and the World Food Programme (WFP) indicates that more than 38 per cent of children under the age of three in India’s cities and towns are underweight and more than 35 per cent of children in urban areas are stunted (shorter than they should be for their age). The report states that the poor in India’s burgeoning urban areas do not get the requisite amount of calories or nutrients

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    The City Planners - Margaret Atwood Summary: The Canadian author/poet Margaret Atwood creates this piece of poetry‚ addressing the perfection‚ robotic‚ bland and uniform structure of the city as she takes a cruise through it on a relaxing Sunday weekend‚ something that she finds completely sickening. Throughout the poem‚ she addresses the sickening sense of conformity that she finds in the city as well as the hidden hand behind all of this – the ‘evil’ politicians of this world‚ she says.

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    Renewable Energy Projects Cut down use of fossil fuels Small scale projects – solar panel‚ turbines Bio fuels More expensive than fossil fuels Tree Planting Acts as carbon sink Benefits not felt for at least 10 years Energy Efficient Most effective way Remodel factories – optimum use of energy Greener power stations Recycling Green transport – hybrid technology Rising temps More droughts Melting glaciers Water stress experienced by 40% of population Applied at all scales

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    There are many different factors that can cause power to shift between superpowers over time such as: resources‚ population‚ and economics‚ military and cultural. Superpowers are define as: the capacity to project dominating power and influence anyway in the world‚ sometimes in more than one region of the globe at a time. At the beginning of the twentieth century‚ the British Empire was the biggest global superpower. The British became a superpower during this time due to colonial rule. From

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    Marketing 203 Group Assignment 2 Australian Export Opportunities to South Korea Hashanthi Welikala Francesca Coralina Omorogbe Asha Jane D’Cruz Cindy Kuan Sophia Lai Introduction Where once‚ the South Korean society solely relied on the produce of their country as a source of goods‚ they are slowly turning towards imports from other nations‚ such as Australia for their goods and services. Australia is renowned for their agricultural excellence‚

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    Annexure – ‘G’ Syllabus Social Science (087) Class IX SA-II (2012-13) Time : 3 Hours UNIT 1. India and the Contemporary World – I 2. India – Land and the People 3. Democratic Politics I 4. Understanding Economic Development – I 5. Disaster Management – (Through Project & Assignments). TOTAL Marks : 90 TERM 2 23 23 22 22 90 The Question Paper will include value based question(s) To the extent of 3-5 marks.   The Problem Solving Assessment will be conducted for all students of class IX in

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    transformation of the Russian economy? To a greater extent‚ I do agree that collectivisation was an essential contribution to stalin’s transformation of the economy‚ for example‚ it helped increase production and with it came the increase in industrialisation. Although there were many clear failures with collectivisation‚ in purely economic terms‚ it was mainly successful. However‚ I also think‚ that to a certain extent‚ it was other factors such as the 3 5 year plans that helped transform the economy

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    How far did the first five year plan differ from the second and third five year plans? The first five year plan of1928-32 was created by Stalin for the ideological reason of rapid industrialisation and to boost the Russian economy to catch up with and protect from western cultures. While the second plan of 1933-37 and third year plan of 1938-41 stayed the more or less the same in their social outcomes and success/failures and their poor implementation but differed in the details of their priorities

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    hugely interested in and believe it is a great example of how industrialisation has impacted the production and form of a product. I will discuss how the surfboard came about and how it has evolved from the hardwood solid surfboard that could weigh up to 35kg into the modern super light and strong construction that it is today‚ how construction methods have changed how and what a surfboard is made from. Also how the industrialisation of the surfboard has made it a much more accessible sport to the

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