... (eds, 1994, quoted in Hughes 1998). The post-war organisational settlement resulted in bureau-professionalism being the dominant means of co-ordination in the operation of the welfare state. The implications of the organizational settlement as reflected in the social settlement were that recipients of welfare services were socially constructed as passive, deferential and dependent. This is because the role ... sector has worsened the situation. The move to managerialism encouraged entrepreneurialism and competition in the delivery of health care following the introduction of the private ...

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... no less than 49 positions. These options showcased Americans' willingness to buy these items, the growing almost non-importance of price and the vast imagination of the designers in creating these options. The rise of the automobile culture had long-reaching implications on the fundamentals of American society and culture. This trend directly influenced society through its emergence as an American obsession, the transformation the ... American consumer, and the automobile was at the center of this development. In this age of excess, the idea of having more grew simultaneously with the b...

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... Nixon the right man and the right president at the right time. By the 1970's, the destructive capabilities of the world's two superpowers along with an emerging third power in the nation of China, had combined to make the world a dangerously unstable place. Détente, therefore, was implemented in earnest under Nixon precisely to lessen these tensions and bring about some measure ... of stability. Détente, a French word meaning to "relax tension", began in a limited measure under the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations to improve communications with potential adversaries. Both Kennedy ...

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... a cipher, a site upon which other things can be projected. This emptiness should not be read as benign, however, just as Kurtz's eloquence should not be allowed to overshadow the malice of his actions. Instead, Kurtz provides Marlow with a set of paradoxes that Marlow can use to evaluate himself and the Company's men. Indeed, Kurtz is not so much a fully realized individual as a series ... evil, they are nevertheless necessary for both group harmony and individual security. Madness, in Heart of Darkness, is the result of being removed from one's social context and allowed to be the sole...

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... (Sleightholme and I. Sinha, 1996). Let's not forget to mention courtesans1 and concubines2 for men with power and money throughout the world. And the basic causes to all of these women's slavery, them being commodities or possessions of men, were rather uncomplicated. We have lived and are still living in a patriarchal society for many centuries. Control over female labour and female sexuality was a norm ... I. Sinha, 1996). "In a workshop held in July 1995 to discuss how the law deals with prostitution, participants told us that one of their greatest desires was to be free of the label...

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... knowing from first-hand experience the degradation and hardship. Ernesto joined other Castro followers at the farm where the Cuban revolutionaries were being given a tough commando course of professional training in guerrilla warfare by the Spanish Republican Army captain, Alberto Bayo, author of Ciento cincueto preguntas a un guerrilleo, Havana 1959. Bayo drew not only on his own experience but on the guerrilla teachings ... , but released a month later (June 1956). When they invaded Cuba, Che went with them, first as doctor, soon as a Commandante of the revolutionary army of barbutos. H...

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... resolutions between the Karzai administration and the Taliban have not resulted in any peaceful accords. While the negotiations for peace continue in earnest to be completed before the 2014 withdrawal deadline, the Taliban have been improving their foothold in the country and have been able ... reputation is not providing any sense of security in the majority of the Afghan provinces. Corruption, issues pertaining to ethnic factions, and a general inability to deal with the daily threat of murder, robbery, kidnapping, and extortion, and most notably the notoriety of being perpetrators of ...

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... and 1830 greatly fostered the Italian Risorgimento. It was first witnessed by the appearance of a republican movement led by Mazzini, a romanticist as well as a former Carbonaro who from early youth had dreamt of freeing Italy from the present rulers and of giving her a republican constitution. Realizing the importance of unified effort by Italians everywhere, Mazzini found a new revolutionary society - The Young ... III's consent to secure the Romagna and the Papal States. He forestalled the moves of Garibaldi to prevent any civil war or foreign intervention. In these ways he secured the...

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... the circumstance providing an opportunity to bring up other questions of more importance and a wider impact that actually led to the revolution than the burden of the sanctions themselves. It was the symbolic character 'and', 'or' the change of regulations they implied that was of importance. In America the Stamp Act for example was one of the most crucial steps in the conflict stirring up a ... cease-fire of vehement verbal resistance. It was a tax on all official papers like ... bourgeoisie worked their way up to higher administrational positions until they reached a level where the ...

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... also helpful because the study indicated that children liked to spend more time with the fathers, despite what people may think. The importance that children placed on the fathers seemed important to them, yet perhaps fathers did not reciprocate that importance. If this is case, or the latter the case, then it has profound implications on the father-child relationship, and it ... provide answers for the modern day women, yet nonetheless it was important in highlighting the differences in parenting styles. The study could have been improved in one respect. The authors of the study only u...

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... exceeding their power. Baron Montesquieu is the one who expressed the importance of the separation of powers and independence of each organ. "The political doctrine of the separation of powers can also be traced back to Aristotle, who stated: There are three elements in each constitution first, the deliberative, which discusses everything of common importance; second the officials; and third, the judicial element." Legislative ... which laid down in the statutes or in the common law. However these functions will usually separate and usually do not interrelate one another. Importance of S...

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... DEVELOPMENT W. Arthur Lewis in his work on 'Economic development with unlimited supplies of labor' (1954), explains the importance of labor at initial stage of economic development in developing economies (because of assumed scarcity of capital and the abundance of labor). The model points out the importance of surplus labor in generating inter-sectorial shift of employment and then triggering economic growth without increase in real wages. As pointed out ... done by Fei and Ranis (1975) regarding the economic development in Taiwan and Korea showed the importance of labor migration...

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... order to describe the significance as well as importance of the Franconian Empire, Meyer's Encyclopedic Lexicon in his review mentioned that the Empire of the Franks performed the key role of basic foundation for the development of cultures and establishments of the entire European nation. It conserved modified and adapted the fragments of model culture; and during the phase of chaos and disturbance, when there was a continuous process ... value in the community. As Marshall (2012) in his review mentioned that "the idea of this individual freedom was the Teutonic bequest to future ages....

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... an education." ( Cole, 10-16-01) Consequently, citizens who do not have civic skills are at a disadvantage when understanding the importance of participation. Citizens who do not have these skills are most likely citizens who were not taught the importance of these skills at home, church, or any other community based organization. As a result, we have citizens who have civic skills and ... are usually not active or more likely to be active in situations where they are affected. Another example of institutions that helps decrease inequalities are voluntary associations. While being invo...

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... 1985 through 1993, due partly to high inflation and fiscal problems and partly to the restrictions for foreign investors. The business environment of this period enhanced the situation due to the macroeconomic conditions and the growing importance of the British economy, which, by that time, experienced an industrial revolution. The main products the British economy exported were: textiles, ... emerging in the 1980s as the world's largest exporter and importer of foreign direct investment capital. The importance of foreign direct investment (FDI) is reflected by the fact that, since the...

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... no milk, no cheese, not hens, nor chicks, nor eggs ." Without a wife, the tranquility and success of an independent home was unattainable. When explaining to a young girl the importance of a industrious and skilled disposition, " You cannot expect to marry in such a manner as neither of you shall have occasion to work, and none but a fool will take a wife whose bread must be earned ... their importance to the family. In this way, women defined their scope and space by work and gave much value to the roles they fulfilled. When the Industrial Revolution introduced factory work to the prol...

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... studies concerned with HRM and creativity have focused on the impact of personal factors which resulted in the importance of motivation, knowledge and skills for creativity (Martens, 2011). Regarding motivation, Jiang et al. (2012) argue that HRM practices that motivate employees to a sense of autonomy will result in employees being more effective in problem solving and creating new ideas in ... order to cope with job demands. At the individual level, job complexity includes a high degree of autonomy ... tight and impossible deadlines as well as fake deadlines may on the other hand elimi...

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... an important role in shaping children's personal, social, emotional and academic development. I will explain the importance of communication between parents, teachers, and children both at and away from school including the benefits of positive parent-teacher relationships. In the early years, children experience a number of new situations which can be both positive and negative. For many children, school is one ... found information about the four major principles it consists of which are: resilience, capability, confidence and self-assurance. I used the concepts of the EYFS and researc...

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... higher performance in the subject. This will also supplement the reference textbooks that are using in the school at the same time contribute to the efficiency of the teaching and learning process. IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY This study will benefit the following: Secondary Schools. With the mastery exercises, it can help Secondary schools to achieve higher performance in Mathematics ... 7. Grade 7 Mathematics teachers. Using the mastery exercises, Grade 7 teachers can explore other supplementary exercises in Mathematics for the improvement of test results. Grade 7 Students. Using the ... ...

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... soldiers come home from war, many women begin bearing children. All of these causes tend to be blamed on the poor management of government officials. Government officials should be helping to control the overpopulated world. Some feel that this job is not being done. As the population increases, the projections of scientists and others also increase. The Demographic Transition Theory has happened in ... that arose from the world's population, therefore there are no debates of the above topics when the overpopulation of the world is settled (Connor, 2011). The facts of overpopulation hel...

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... to the respondent, to ascertain what their true opinion of their immediate boss. From the results of the survey there a few issues which arose: 1. 32% of respondents feel as though they are not consulted on matter of importance to them. 2. 44% of respondents feel as to their developmental needs are not being discussed. 3. 36% of respondents feel as though they are not recognised given praise when ... they have performed well in their role. 4. 32% of respondents feel as though their work is not appreciated ... by their line manager. 5. 35% of respondents don't receive regular feedback ...

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... or assign them to "feminine" jobs. This often results in problems because employers think a woman is not aggressive or a woman gets in trouble for being aggressive. Women in the workplace are also protected under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978, which makes "discrimination based on pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions illegal (Fisher 434)." A woman cannot be fired or refused a job ... learn how to handle them or hire a diverse workforce who knows how to handle them. In countries throughout the world, different cultures place importance on different aspects of bus...

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... and secondly, from the 1970s onwards the Sino-Soviet split; and from one essential alliance: the US-Japanese partnership. Each of these bilateral alliances or oppositions affected in some way a third party. "The most well-known and widely debated triangle being the Sino-Soviet-US grouping with at least 4 possible configurations." One may just turn towards one actor in the system, or ... stress on democracy, economic liberalization, human rights ). We also witness the reversal of Japan's and Russia's post war roles, with Russia now being the one buffeted in the goings-on between China an...

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... gone by age 12. However, male's ability to perform well on their skills remains and increases from childhood to adulthood. This discovery suggests that female's intelligence is not being reinforced or celebrated by others as they grow older. Perhaps the education system is attempting to shape female's emotional intelligence into a more scientific and spatial intelligence as they ... the world (Gardner 1983). Unfortunately, many children who have these gifts don't generally receive much reinforcement for them in school. Many of these kids, in fact, end up being labeled "learning disabled,"...

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... had. During my time on the ward it was a particularly busy period, which enabled me to witness the importance of managing my time and prioritising my duties to ensure that I as well as the women felt I had done my best in the time I was on duty. I also became aware of the importance of being able to delegate some duties to other people to improve the quality ... of care to the women. Time management is the key to effective management. (Atkinson 1990). The number of women for which I was responsible varied between 2 and 5, this depended upon the complexity ... effective communication is...

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