The Great Depression was a worldwide economic downturn which started in October of 1929 and lasted through most of the 1930s. It began in the United States and quickly spread to Europe and every part of the world‚ with devastating effects in both industrialized countries and producers of raw materials. International trade declined sharply‚ as did personal incomes‚ tax revenues‚ prices and profits. Cities all around the world were hit hard‚ especially those based on heavy industry. Unemployment and
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SLS Course Descriptions Fall 2014 600-‐ through 700-‐level SLS 600 (1). Introduction to Second Language Studies (ONLINE). Hudson This course introduces students to second language studies‚ as represented in the MA in SLS program at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa‚ and to the field(s) of applied linguistics more generally. This course also serves as an introduction to the kinds of work that will be expected of students as they progress through the
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How Society Works – Lecture Notes Sep‚ 11‚ 2012 Introduction to Classical Social theory * “Theories in sociology are abstract‚ general ideas that help organize and make sense of the social world” (attempt to link idea’s with actual events) * Classical social theory (1840s – 1920s) – The enlightenment‚ political revolution (American revolution‚ French revolution)‚ the industrial revolution * American and French revolution inspired more widespread adoption of democratic principle
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IMPACT OF MEDIA ON SOCIETY: The mass media are diversified media technologies that are intended to reach a large audience by mass communication. Broadcast media (also known as electronic media) transmit their information electronically and comprise television‚ radio‚ film‚ movies‚ CDs‚ DVDs‚ and other devices such as cameras and video consoles. Alternatively‚ print media use a physical object as a means of sending their information‚ such as a newspaper‚ magazines‚ comics‚ books‚ brochures‚ newsletters
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CORRUPTION AND GOOD GOVERNANCE DEFICITS CAUSING GHANA ’S DEVELOPMENTAL CHALLENGES NYARKO JOHN ABBAM Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 3 1. DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................................................................... 6 1.1 POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT ....................................................
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The 1950s were an era of economic growth. With the 1950s‚ came the advent of television sets in every home‚ and so‚ cinemascope was then developed as a desperate attempt by studios to attract viewers back to theaters and drive-in movies. But all in all‚ the last vestiges of the Studio System dissolved because of the new ways of representing the real world in films‚ but also because of new directors‚ and new approaches to acting. - The evolution of films and of acting in the 1950s: Indeed‚ what
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Irony as a device and its political potential “Is there any way to get hold of any corner of this large slippery subject (irony) with precision enough to allow two readers to agree and to know how they have agreed?”7 Irony is not an easy term to define within specific limits. The fact that the notion of irony has been extensively discussed and used in several fields in various ways is not accidental. Irony is used‚ inter alia‚ in various forms of art such as literature‚ performance art‚ theater‚
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have had a large influence in the size of the gender pay gap (GPG). The wage-fixing principles in the 1970s‚ has granted immediate collective remedies from industry-wide‚ award application. However awards are losing prominence with the rise of neoliberalism; and women with lower bargaining power become disadvantaged. This area of law has also had successful attempts of combating the undervaluation of female-dominated industries‚ although these standards have not been fully developed. On the other
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Industrial Relations‚ 29 (1)‚ 59-73. Deery‚ S.‚ & Walsh‚ J. (1999). The decline of collectivism? A comparative study of white-collar employees in Britain and Australia. British Journal of Industrial Relations‚ 37 (2)‚ 245-269. Desai‚ A. (2003). Neoliberalism and resistance in South Africa. Monthly Review‚ 54 (8)‚ 16-29. Durrheim‚ K.‚ & Painter‚ D. (2007). Collecting quantitative data. In Terre Blanche‚ M.‚ Durrheim‚ K.‚& Painter‚ D. (Eds)‚ Research in practice.(2nd ed.). Cape Town: University of Cape
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Allahshukur Seyidov Baltic Sea Region Studies ROLE OF IDENTITY IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CASE STUDY: RUSSIA-ESTONIA RELATIONS AND ROLE OF RUSSIAN SPEAKINING MINORITY IN ESTONIA INTRODUCTION The concept of material issues is no longer dominating in the international relations. Non material construction of the international relations can be a referent object of for the foreign policy and can form international relations. One of the main aspects of the nonmaterial is the notion of identity
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