... social phenomenon and the inaccessibility of those of a working class background to the higher echelons of society. Seeing as fee paying schools are, by their very nature, accessible to only a small portion of the population through their fees and the family connections required to attend, they are merely another social mechanism to retain Britain's wealth within a select elite. This evidence can ... subsidised given his family's economic circumstances. Granted, those who receive financial assistance at such institutions are undoubtedly a small minority – even in today's political clima...

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... overview of the post-development movement, having arisen in the 1980s as a response to the dissatisfaction with the concept and practice of "development" already in place. Ziai more or less defines this movement as placing an emphasis on alternatives to development via grassroots, local and regional movements. Alongside support for post-development theory, ... -development approach instead focuses on the local and regional development looking at ethico-political decisions, not just structural imperatives. This would include recognizing what is already in place in the area, emphasizing rel...

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... increase competition and reduce the costs of inputs to the production process). The attempt to foster national industry had failed, producing expensive and inefficient businesses so governments should place fewer restrictions on foreign investment allowing foreign companies to introduce expertise and capital. The reduction in government spending and sale of state assets would gain revenues to pay ... Cuba) also struggled to develop. Autarchic development is only really sustainable on the basis of a conception of so-called green development, often found in NGO publications, wherein small...

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... are allowed to dictate the market prices in the economy. Polanyi builds his argument by defining the foundation for free market economies. In order for a freer market economy to take place, a system of regulations needed to be placed in order to be able to govern the market based on competitive forces rather than social norms. This facilitates the freeing up market ... price at its own accord, whilst competitive supply drops off or where the monopolist can become the sole demander for production (Polanyi; 1994). Similarly an oligopoly where there is only a small select number of compani...

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... assert the differences between pre-modern and post-modern culture and thus rejects the perennialists" point of view, by describing modern nations as "mass nations" which are different from the "small elite groupings known as "nations" in antiquity and the middle ages." He also acknowledges the modern nation as a "legal political" community as well as a "historical culture-community." Smith also describes ... the predominance of one nation above the others and attempts to instil a common culture, thus creating a nation state. If these attempts are successful, an annhihilation of many pre...

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