april week three Flashcards
when was paternity leave introduced
2003
religious market theory definition
Religious market theory says religion is like a shop — people are customers, and religions are products.
When there’s lots of choice and competition, religion becomes more appealing, so more people stay religious.
egs of religions competing in USA making it NOT a religious monopoly
lyon (2000) - postmod religion
post-modernist society has changed the nature of society
eg. globalisation, individuality, media, growth of consumerism
- religion becomes ‘disembedded’ and has shifts the importance of traditional religion
eg. televangelism, ‘electronic church’ makes it de-institutionalised
state procurement
state taking grain from peasants
statistic on genuine russians in russian society 1855
55.6 of 150 million were russian
How does Ilya repin’s work reflect a lack of social change
+ what was it called
His painting ‘Volga Bargehaulers’ portrays the harshness of a group ‘human pack animals’.
A critic said it was a commentary on the latent/lack of force of social protest in Russia. Still mass suffering and difficulties for society
what process did parsons believed left the family losing its function
structural differentiation
example of peasant discontent 1894-1904
years of the red cockerel 1903-04
peasants seized and burned land
when was the 4th five year plan
1946-50
when was the 5th five year plan
1951-55
SPECIFIC example of britain relying on usa 1951-64
1960 abandoned blue streak rockets for USA polaris missiles
2 main causes of heaths u-turn
Barber boom and stagflation
rolls Royce nationalised (lame duck)
describe healeys 2 1974-6 budgets
high tax
low public spend
% of indian population who are hindu
85
how did marx and lenin differ on the ‘dictatorship of the proletariat’
Amarx - eradicate all non socialists
lenin - all non bolsheviks
3 basic points how the bolsheviks avoided a socialist coalition
congress
sovnarkom
CA
disadvantage of wilson in new dept
disadvantage of callaghans IMF
Benn and foot wanted more state intervention
Political criticism from eg Powell and cemented an image of decline
downfalls of thatchers monetarism (tackling inflation) approach 3
- unemployment rose significantly (lingered at 2-3 million 1980-1987)
- caused stagflation (inflation dropping with no economic growth)
- falling order for manufactured goods led to an economic recession
negative impact of thatcher reforms: unemployment 4
- no longer saw unemployment as the primary aim, inflation took over.
- became more competitive -> causing higher unemployment
- many industrial plants closed; ‘deindustrialisation’; manufacturing output fell 15% in two years, these areas hit hardest
- 1983, 3 mil + unemployed and didn’t fall below until
