immigrants hardly knew english and were in desperate need for work‚ they settled for low wage paying jobs that hardly covered living expenses. As a result‚ slums like the Lower East Side’s Five Points‚ were quickly filling with newcomers. Nearly 2.3 million people (two-thirds of New York City’s
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a poor person who lives in the slum and wears the bedraggled bonnet and clothing but she is the queen in those cats’ mind. In the poem‚ Douglas has described Domain and
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Question ‘Social justice ... is neither the exclusive terrain of social welfare nor of crime control. Indeed‚ the boundaries between these two domains tend to be mobile and porous’ (Book 1‚ Social Justice: Welfare‚ Crime and Society‚ p. 168). Explain and illustrate this with reference to examples drawn from at least two chapters from Book 1. According to Newman & Yeates (2008) Social Justice is a device that can be called upon to challenge particular forms of inequality or unfairness and
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different in some ways. Jamal‚ a boy comes from the slum in India is obviously the main character in the film as the whole film is about his life. Jamal is very important in the film as he illustrates to us how people that are from the slums are expected to get nowhere in life. It is a massive shock to me when he wins as much money as he does as even the most educated people never win this much money. Same as the other children in the slum‚ Jamal never receive a good education. Under the blanket
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are that its economic growth has slowed down and the quality of life has decreased as slums have multiplied‚ congestion‚ pollution and water problems have also increased. Q9.vision Mumbai looks to increase housing availability to reduce the number of people living in slums and make housing more affordable‚ this will be possible with the building of new Mumbai ‚ by 2007 200‚000 people had been moved and 45‚000 slums had been demolished for re-development. It also looks to raise adequate financing and
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Kumar- 10F4 Where is Mumbai located? _(SPACE)_ Mumbai is located in the state of Maharashtra‚ India. How has the former _ENVIRONMENT_ of swamps and marshes been _CHANGED_ to accommodate slum neighbourhoods? The former environments of swamps and marshes have been covered up to accommodate the establishment of slums on top of them. Describe the living conditions in the _PLACE_ you see in the photograph. Compare this with your current living conditions. The first thing you notice is the home of a
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HOW WE PERCEIVE TROUBLED TIMES Many different contexts play a part in forming our identity. Where you live‚ who you live with‚ how financially strong you are all contribute to your perception of troubled times. If you live in a slum – like the boys from “Trash” by Andy Mulligan – then your identity‚ life and perception of troubled times would be different to that of a person from a 1st world country such as Australia. In my essay‚ I will demonstrate why troubled times differ depending on our contexts
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the center there is 1 square mile area that is different. This is the slum called Dharavi. To the unknown eye‚ Dharavi is a dirty poor district that has nothing to give to the community. There is garbage that is dug through‚ poverty‚ and disease. That is what you would think upon first looking at it‚ but what is shocking is how thriving it actually is. There are so many different aspects about it that makes it not just a slum‚ but almost like a thriving community. First off‚ the people who dig through
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the slums. The film opens our eyes and makes us think about the brands we wear and how they are made‚ more importantly who makes them and the kind of working conditions they are faced with everyday because of big name companies that decided to outsource to other countries for cheap labor. Outsourcing has become a trend that big name companies‚ like Nike‚ have come to practice to obtain cheap labor. In documentary‚ Kretzu and Keady film their stay in the slums of Indonesia‚ the same slums that
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willing to submit to ignorance in order to live in a society that benefits them. The Republic is a place of extreme economic polarization. High-ranking characters like June and Thomas enjoy lavish lifestyles and fancy events while the poor live in slums and do not receive adequate medical care. Just as importantly‚ the Republic limits the opportunities that poor people have to succeed. Lu suggests that scores on the Trial are determined by how much money a person has. This is a system that helps the
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