children took on adult responsibilities from as young as 7 or 8 and some of these would include helping out in productive activities in the household and that in the eyes of the law they could also be held criminally responsible. However‚ with industrialisation the role of children and also mothers changed as families became to lose their function as a unit of production and were then taken into other institutions (Parsons). The children of the pre-industrial family would not be adults and leave home
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of the historical dimension‚ supplied in part by Late Development Theory? How might this add to missing dimensions in Porter? v. Why does Porter downplay the role of the state‚ given the historical importance of the developmental state in industrialisation and improving national competitiveness? vi. Are factor and demand conditions purely national in their creation? Note Canada or Hong Kong‚ plus the role of the international economy and global webs (see Reich). How do we account for ideas about
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Outdoor & Environmental Studies Unit 3 Relationships with Outdoor Environment’s Outdoor & Environmental Studies Unit 3 Relationships with Outdoor Environment’s Historical Relationships with Outdoor Environments * Outdoor & Environmental Studies * Revise Step-Up Week * Australia before humans * No Buildings * Forest Land * No Global Warming * No waste from human consumption * Biological Isolation * Limited transfer from animals and plants from countries/land
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population and pre-existing socioeconomic differences. However‚ Pomeranz points out that there is no reason to believe Western European economy had an advantage before 1800‚ so there is no reason to look for the ‘divergence’ before that time. Also‚ industrialisation was mostly limited to Britain‚ at least until 1860. The regions of Europe these scholars consider are no freer of Malthusian pressures than certain regions in Asia. If anything‚ Pomeranz remarks‚ Western European markets are further from perfect
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disappointment of the Great Reform Act. The economic boom of the early 1830s was short lived as by 1836 Britain’s economy was suffering due to bad harvests and partly because of industrialisation. It was a time where there was high unemployment‚ especially in the north such as in Cheshire and Yorkshire‚ because the process of industrialisation had hit these areas harder than others as many handloom weavers’ jobs were replaced by machinery. Employers had reduced wages at a time of high food prices meaning that
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which was very ironic. Stalin introduced the five year plans because he wanted to industrialise the Soviet Union‚ he felt it was matter of life or death. If his plans failed he believed the Soviet Union’s enemies would crush it. He wanted rapid industrialisation; this was what Trotsky had wanted! Stalin gave the responsibility of devising the plans to GOSPLAN‚ the state planning bureau. The idea was that the state would decide targets for industrial production‚ and would use central planning and direction
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How did Lenin and Stalin transform the society and economy of the USSR? After the devastation of World War I‚ the Revolution‚ and Civil War‚ Russia was a total wreck. Factories were in ruins and half the working class gone‚ either dead or returned to the farms. Millions had died‚ mainly from the famine and disease accompanying war. Two million more‚ mostly nobles‚ middle class‚ and intellectuals‚ had emigrated to other countries. Lenin returned to Russia from exile in 1917 and it was up to him
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2.2 Causes of land use changes Land use change is usually a result of many combined factors arising from different phases of organisation. The combined causes of land use change differ with time‚ space and environment(Lambin et al.‚ 2003). There are direct causes of land use change which includes population growth‚ economic growth and initiation of policy‚ laws ad legislations (Morara et al.‚ 2014). 2.2.1Population growth Population growth has been the fundamental driver of land use change all
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intensified‚ transport and communication were also boosted and new railways and canals were built‚ the most prolific project was the Moscow underground railway which boosted the coal industry. The Industry side was thriving so Stalin wanted industrialisation to help improve Russia’s agriculture; the production of tractors and other farm machinery increased dramatically. Russia emerged powerful and modern state but all this was done at the cost of liberty of people. It was impossible to house
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In the eighteenth century the theory of the stages of economic development began to evolve. Adam Smith believed that underdeveloped countries went through four stages in order to achieve a high level of economic growth. These stages were titled hunting‚ pastoral‚ agricultural and manufacturing. Karl Marx also believed that there were four stages‚ he titled them capitalism‚ socialism‚ feudalism and communism. It is believed that Rostow’s theory which contains 5 stages is an extension of these theories
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