Japan social reforms After its capitulation to the Allied powers in August 1945‚ Japan underwent a series of vigorous reforms that changed the socio-economic spectrum in many respects. The U.S. initiated such reforms in hopes of democratizing and demilitarizing the nation of Japan‚ and while the occupation forces may have taken an integral role in initiating the reforms‚ the Japanese people made them possible. The United States sought to recreate Japan in its own image. SCAP (Supreme Commander
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Prison "Reform" in America In the essay "Prison "Reform" in America‚" Roger T. Pray points out the much attention that has been devoted to research to help prevent crimes. Showing criminals the errors of their ways not by brutal punishment‚ but by locking them up in the attempt to reform them. Robert Pray‚ who is a prison psychologist‚ is currently a researcher with the Utah Dept. of Corrections. He has seen what has become of our prison system and easily shows us that there is really no such thing
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The period between the American Revolution and the Civil War had great significance for the United States’ economy. Although initially the economy seemed unstable at first‚ after the second war that America fought with England‚ the economy began to show considerable growth thereafter. This can be seen as the result of the cotton trade in the South and the eventual industrialisation of America‚ especially in the Northeast and later the West. From the invention of cotton gins to the adaptation of railways
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Women in past western society have been seen as the unintelligent‚ powerless‚ and insignificant gender. Though something began to change between 1790 and 1860. Economically Women were now able to work‚ have money‚ and help their families; Domestically‚ there was the great admiration for women in the home now instead of just expecting their place to be there. The Industrial Revolution brought many changes to the whole nineteenth-century. It brought technology to make life much easier‚ economic growth
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additionally‚ the 1867 Reform Act also had a significant impact on the issues that were being addressed by politics. Whereas before‚ the aristocracy had basically decided what happened in the country‚ the act meant that issues were being brought to light that had never been discussed properly in public before. This was very important as it not only changed public but it also changed society too. Issues such as the legislation surrounding drinking‚ education and taxation were now being impacted on
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Although Transcendentalism as a historical movement was limited in time from the mid 1830s to the late 1840s and in space to eastern Massachusetts‚ its ripples continue to spread through American culture. Beginning as a quarrel within the Unitarian church‚ Transcendentalism’s questioning of established cultural forms‚ its urge to reintegrate spirit and matter‚ its desire to turn ideas into concrete action developed a momentum of its own‚ spreading from the spheres of religion and education to literature
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The welfare reform proposal was an emotional battle as it suggested cutting funding to welfare programs. There was an ideological split between the Democrats and the Republicans. The Democrats argued that that government assistance programs can alleviate poverty. The Republicans believed that the current welfare system created dependency‚ illegitimacy‚ and more poverty. The main aspects of change in the welfare reform bill were: turning over welfare funds to the states‚ imposing a five year time
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Is law reform necessary? Without law reform the law would struggle to uphold relevance and obtain high compliance leaving a society in a state of anarchy. The key role of law reform is to reflect the social values of a community this includes new concepts of justice‚ changing social values and adopting changes of new technology. Youth Justice Conferences is a law reform crucial in society as without it youth offenders would almost indefinitely become criminal offenders a second time and the state
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There are both positive and negative implications of the Welfare Reform Act of 1996 on Medicaid. A negative implication is that even though most of the people on welfare and Medicaid are able-bodied people who could be self-sufficient if they had to be‚ Medicaid and other social programs reinforce these people’s laziness and unwillingness to contribute to society. Welfare reform has only decreased handouts marginally. A positive implication is that some effort was made to reduce the number of people
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Melody Stinnett Professor Scordia English 098/108 November 5‚ 2010 Word Count 820 Does Welfare Reform Help or Hurt? Picture growing up in the inner city‚ in a home with your mother and possibly other siblings; the only source of income comes at the beginning of each month. The father in most cases not there; you don’t know where he is; one can only imagine. Depending on a source of income that comes once a month‚ and allowing families to be dependent upon welfare for generations; is wrong
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