China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone was launched on September 29‚ 2013. It is being used as China’s experiment field to test policies for economic and social reforms. The main characteristics of the free trade zone are its open market‚ freedom from the majority of the tariffs and its liberal investment policies. It was established as a solution to the slowdown in China’s economy and increasing concerns about the rising debt of the country. With the opening of this zone‚ Chinese private enterprises
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Microfinance promised an innovative alternative to development but became a tool of neoliberalism. Discuss. Word Count: 2‚500 Microfinance‚ the provision of small loans to very poor people for self-employment projects that generate income‚ allowing them to care for themselves and their families (Dalgic‚ 2007)‚ has been widely advocated in the international development community as a powerful tool to reduce poverty and improve social inclusion (Jones and Dallimore‚ 2006). However‚ taking the formation
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the period of the Enlightenment and the rise of reason and science in the Western world‚ a great number of seminal thinkers have linked this supposed decline of religion and its waning influence in the public arena with the ongoing process of modernisation‚ a paradigm which has come to be known as secularisation theory. During the 20th century‚ writing on the sociological study of religion came to be dominated by this framework with many regarding it as “the master model of social inquiry” (Norris
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promoted to the Cabinet. By 1976‚ he had risen to Deputy Prime Minister‚ and in 1981 was sworn in as Prime Minister after the resignation of his predecessor‚ Hussein Onn. During Mahathir’s tenure as Prime Minister‚ Malaysia experienced rapid modernisation and economic growth‚ and his government initiated a series of bold infrastructure projects. He was a dominant political figure‚ winning five consecutive general elections and seeing off all of his rivals for the leadership of UMNO. However‚ his
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ecumenical bridge caused them to do research into the role of the Holy Spirit within their denomination. For the orthodox Christians (OC) there was a lot of controversy as OCs have very solemn and silent services (opposite of CR). Most OCs dislike modernisation and don’t want to abandon the richness of tradition. They think CR can only fill the gaps in OC where there is something missing. They believe that speaking in tongues is actually mocking the HS so don’t agree with CRs doing it. OCs try not to
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constructs‚ subvert fairytale archetypes to educate on social progression; through literary discourses such as post-modernism and feminism. In Carter’s ‘The Company of Wolves’ (1979) the blurring of the wolf or hunter archetype exemplifies the modernisation of the classic fairytale‚ ‘Little Red Riding Hood’. Carter subverts traditional and polarising notions of good versus evil with personification in the line ‘that long‚ drawn out‚ wavering howl has‚ for all its fearful resonance‚ some inherent sadness’
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why? China and United States have different views on what is best for their country. Both China and United States have different political systems. Both countries have experienced a dynamic development and process of economic reform and social modernisation (reference). Civil society organisations are also important to the stability and growth of a country’s government‚ however they are often taken for granted. This essay will identify both China and United State’s political regime type and outline
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Communalism and Politics in India | Text of the lectureI would like to put before you some propositions to explain the phenomena called ‘communalism’ and its impact on security. First of all‚ I would like to state that security is also a ‘state of mind’. As far as the issue of communalism is concerned‚ it would be surprising to know that the number of people killed in communal violence in the last 50 years is lesser than the people killed in street crimes in the city of Detroit alone. Two
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introduction This essay compares and contrasts the “Classical” and “Human Relations” approaches to management. It focuses on how these approaches are similar and compatible and looks at their differences and incompatibilities. The organisation In 1948 ?? was born‚ nearly 60 years later it became ??During that time there have been many changes‚ and the new name reflects its new role. It no longer just deals with fires‚ but with a much wider range of incidents from road traffic collisions
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What is meant by ’the public sphere ’? Why have feminists‚ in particular‚ found the concept problematic? Hauser (1998) denotes that a public sphere is a discursive space‚ in social life‚ where individuals can come together to freely discuss and identify social problems. The public sphere differs from the certified economy; it is an area for declamation and deliberating rather than procurement and marketing. In media and sociology there are numerous definitions of a public sphere‚ yet Habermas primarily
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