Moi University COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES IRD 200: DISCUSSION ON THE ROLE OF THE STATE IN ENSURING DEVELOPMENT IN A COUNTRY Submitted By: FRED WAICHERE M. FEBRUARY 2013 INTRODUCTION A state may be simply defined as a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government. Claude Ake (1992) defines a state as: The organized aggregate of relatively permanent institutions of governance. It is seen as a set of associations and agencies claiming control
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Assess sociological explanations of changes in the status of childhood? Childhood is a social construction and varies between times‚ places and groups. Most sociologists see our ides of childhood as a fairly recent one‚ the result of industrialisation and other social changes. Modern society constructs childhood as a tie of vulnerability‚ innocence and segregation from the adult world. The March of progress sociologist believe we live in an increasingly child-centred society. They state that children
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Throughout the long reign of Queen Victoria‚ which began in 1837 and ended with her death in 1901‚ Britain changed from a rural‚ agricultural country to an urban‚ industrialised one. This involved massive dislocation and radically altered the nature of society. The Victorian achievements were immense‚ with ‘England being a pioneer: its economy and technology‚ its social and living standards‚ its political organisations‚ its way of thinking about man‚ nature and religion‚ and its role as the core
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Discuss the influence of globalisation on the Chinese economy and evaluate the strategies use to promote growth and development. Globalisation is the breakdown of trade barriers between nations to allow for the free flow of goods and services‚ ideas‚ communication and information. In the 1980s‚ China had implemented a series of economic reforms which allowed the country to better integrate with other nations in the region. This was endorsed by the government for the Chinese nation to develop itself
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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 found in his work The Division of Labour in Society‚ and also in his
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ECONOMIC GROWTH IN INDIA Lumbering Elephant or Running Tiger -- Deepak Nayyar Is the India growth story over? The debate rages as pundits predict India’s growth rate between 5 and 6 percent in 2012-2013. From ‘Time’ magazine to news networks across the world‚ India’s crimping growth in recent years has become a favourite subject of discussion and debate. Headlines scream – Does India still have a growth story to tell‚ Who killed the India growth story‚ What can be done to revive the India growth
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spirit towers‚” (“West London” 9) and “she will not ask of aliens‚ but of friends.” (“West London” 10) The use of the turn can be seen as an attempt to show the readers the complexity of the situation on the streets of London‚ during this era of industrialisation. This is further explained by the two quatrains‚ which display a common view of the homeless‚ while the sestet provides a romantic and humble image of gratitude‚ evidenced by how the girl‚ “begg’d and came back satisfied‚” (“West London” 7) from
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Elaine Woo “Modern Times” short critique The movie ‘Modern Times’ (1936)‚ directed by and staring Charlie Chaplin‚ was set during the Great Depression and industrial revolution period‚ where machines and technology were starting to dominate humanity‚ which led to severe unemployment and poverty. Machines were also served as a method to illustrate how people are supposed to deal with fast-paced living‚ when factories were starting to use machines and technology as their main ways to produce‚ and
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In earlier times‚ people willingly learned skills such as repairing their household items or making clothes. And they used to practice it to their benefit. Some would even proudly talk about it in their friends and family get togethers. such were the part time activities in those past years of human race. Though all these skills had their advantages but it also required some free time. Also‚ there were very less opportunities to pass leisure hours. But in this modern age‚ an average person is
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abandoned the ideal of ‘brining back the dead’‚ the idea of ‘playing god’ still remains. Having grown up by parents who were known as radical romantics‚ Shelley was unavoidable connected to the romantic movement which had a strong concern for industrialisation. To highlight the warning to her audience of the implications of discovering “a land never before imprinted by the foot of man”‚ Shelley uses the structure of the text in itself as a foreshadowing device‚ where Walton’s character is allegorically
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