Industrialisation and its consequences politicised the working class in the first half of the 19th century. How true is this statement? Britain was the first nation to industrialise. Industrialisation is “change from an economy based on agriculture to one based on industry and commerce”. Allen Clarke suggested industrialisation happened because “capitalists saw that fortunes were to be made more quickly in manufacture than in agriculture”. It appears agriculture lost the investors attention
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The Protestant Reformation was the schism within Western Christianity initiated by John Wycliffe‚ Jan Hus‚ Martin Luther‚ John Calvin‚ and other early Protestants. It was sparked by the 1517 posting of Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses. The efforts of the self-described "reformers"‚ who objected to ("protested") the doctrines‚ rituals‚ leadership‚ and ecclesiastical structure of the Roman Catholic Church‚ led to the creation of new national Protestant churches. The Reformation was precipitated by earlier
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What is CSR? To what extent is there a business case for CSR? In the late 1960s and early 1970s‚ the phrase ‘Corporate social responsibility’ (CSR) came into public view. This essay will describe that what CSR is and how much profits will be taken in business for CSR. Nowadays‚ companies not only sell their products but also give back to the society such as being active in the charity drive‚ solving environment problems‚ spending money to making infrastructure and helping other people achieve
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With a strong campaigned appeal‚ President Kennedy was elected into office‚ to black voters. President Kennedy and his administration had vitality and glamour but there was a struggle going on for civil rights. The President had promised equality however; he was having a hard time redeeming these words. Civil rights groups sent pens to the White House with “Ink for Jack’ written on them. As the 1960s progressed the civil rights movement became more radical and violent. Groups of Freedom Riders
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To what extent is religious language meaningful? There are two ways to approach whether religious language is meaningful. Some philosophers such as logical positivist have a cognitive approach based on facts and learning through experience. Anthony flew is one philosopher whom shares the belief that something can be seen as meaningful through assertion‚ statements that can be proved empirically through synthetic reasoning. The other approach to the statement is a non-cognitivist method‚ which
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To what extent is Britain a liberal democracy? The balance of evidence would suggest that Britain conforms very well to the principles of a liberal democracy. Whilst there are always points of evidence that could be used against this view‚ it is my view that these are outweighed by the positive evidence and examples. When determining whether the country is a liberal democracy‚ one has to begin by discussing and defining the features of a liberal democracy. A liberal democracy is defined as one
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To what extent are human rights universal? The Universal Declaration of Human Rights goes beyond the national interest of a state. It outlines the obligations of every state within the international arena. Human rights are a controversial issue with many conflicting arguments. Some may argue that human rights should be mandatory to all‚ universally. While others may argue that the notion of human rights is dynamic and complex and cannot be applied towards every state‚ as every state functions in
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Catholics Fire Back Morgan Bradshaw March 12‚ 2013 English IV 7th Hour Through the years there have been many religious reforms. Some reforms had more consequences than others‚ but the Catholic Reformation was one of the biggest. The Catholic-Counter Reformation was a fighting force that did not start with a huge bang‚ even though the reform started slow‚ it eventually began to gain heed; the Reformation was a fire back at the Protestants. The Catholic-Counter Reformation was
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To what extent did Lenin establish Communism in Russia from 1920-1924? From an early age‚ Lenin opposed the Romanov autocratic regime‚ even more so following the execution of his brother for the assassination of Tsar Alexander III. Lenin was an avid follower of the writings of Karl Marx and believed communism was the way forward. He believed that everything should be owned by the government and then distributed evenly amongst the people. During the February 1917 revolution in Russia‚ Lenin was
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The political party compromise in Congress is considered part of the democratic process but often takes suggested legislation and laws‚ which are needed and helpful for the public‚ and makes the original legislation or law impotent or useless. The merits of the original legislation or law is watered down by the creation‚ presentation‚ and ratification process due to amendments or additions based on party lines. A non-compromising ratification process can only be accomplished if the creation‚ presentation
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