ABSTRACT Political and Social Apathy‚ there are two faces of apathy. The first considers apathy as a choice and participation in public life a consequence of one’s affirmative use of freedom. The second face of apathy arises when citizens are led to believe that their personal needs are not part of the political agenda‚ resulting into political deprivation and the reaffirmation of the status quo. Philippines political and social life is marked by the second kind of apathy‚ which might also
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Weapons in WW1 Water cooled - via a jacket around the barrel which held approximately one gallon - the Vickers was loaded from a 250-round fabric belt mounted on a tripod. A rubber hose leading to a container condensed steam from the jacket as a means of minimising water wastage. Although the predominant British machine gun in 1914 and for much of 1915 - it remained so for British imperial troops sited on far-flung battlefields‚ innovations in machine gun design invariably showing up first on the
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In this task‚ I am going to describe how political‚ legal and social factors are impacting upon activities in Barclays PLC‚ Diabetes UK and their stakeholders. POLITICAL‚ LEGAL AND SOCIAL FACTORS PLS analysis is very useful for studying the environment in which a company operates and accessing external factors influencing the company in the markets it operates. PLS is the acronym for the following categories of investigation: political‚ legal and sociological factors.
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War One and the most important‚ is Germany wanted to be big and have a bigger empire and provide raw materials for industry and to show it was as powerful as Britain. Britain’s response to this was to be defensive‚ because they felt threatened and try to protect its title of having the biggest Empire. Its first instinct was to get more countries and build up its Empire like Germany were doing at the time. This was a cause‚ because Britain felt threatened by Germany and would have done anything to protect
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Contents 1. Equipment and kit 2. Food 3. Daily routine in the trenches 4. Dirt and disease and dangers 5. Fighting and combat 6. Keeping in touch 7. Important events in ww1 8. Bibliography Equipment and kit Gasmask-these were used to protect soldiers form gas attacks Bayonet- a long blade that fits onto the end of a rifle Haversack- a type of backpack used to carry essential Helmet- a hat to protect the soldiers
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British History WW 1 & 2 THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1914-1918 Entente Powers British Empire -France Russian Empire Japan Italy United States (1917) Central Alliance Powers Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria The War started when Archduke Frans Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo. The War spread via the empires and therefore became so ‘large’. The common perception of imperial wars in Britain in the late 19th century: “An opportunity for adventure‚ for showing
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------------------------------------------------- Plato’s Social Political Philosophy What makes a good society or a good individual? According to Plato‚ the virtues of justice‚ wisdom‚ courage‚ and moderation are necessary to make a good society. Since Plato’s perspective is exemplified in today’s society and in many other works of fiction‚ we can derive that there is convincing argument for Plato’s view. Before we explore examples of Plato’s perspective‚ we must first establish Plato’s views
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untrue but a brilliant way for the British government to make people hate the Germans even more. German Newspaper headlines -English soldiers put plague germs in German wells. -German prisoners blinded by their Allied Captors. Women during WW1 While the men were fighting someone had to do their jobs so this usually fell to the women. Some of the jobs they were given were; nurses‚ working in munitions factories (which often turned their hair and skin yellow due to the chemicals)‚ in public
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PHL 305: AFRICAN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT QUESTION: TAKE ONE AFRICAN SOCIO-POLITICAL PHILOSOPHER AND DISCUSS: A. HIS POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY B. THE PROBLEM HE TRIED TO SOLVE C. THE EXTENT TO WHICH HE WAS SUCCESSFUL. African socialism was one of the earliest theories proffered by many African leaders at the outset of independence. Leaders such as Dr. Kwame Nkrumah‚ Julius Nyerere‚ Obafemi Awolowo and Leopold Senghor all supported this concept but had different approaches to
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when Serbia had war declared on them by Austria-Hungary. (Doc. 4) Now Europe had much tension as the battle line was drawn with Central Powers being Germany and Austria-Hungary on one side and Allies consisting of many nations like Great Britain‚ France‚ and Russia with Italy joining later. Italy had been a member of the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary. However‚ the Italians joined the other side after accusing their former partners of unjustly starting the war. (Doc. 3) The cause
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