Industrialisation

governments get too large, they curb the freedom of self-motivated individuals who drive development forward. Neoliberals present evidence for their arguments, Marxist governments in Eastern Europe for example, although these regimes forced through industrialisation, they would not allow people enough freedom to bring about the kind of user based culture based on individual freedom of choice and expression that emerged in Western Europe in the 1960s, so development declined in those countries…

In 1922, Joseph Stalin rose to ultimate power in the Soviet Union and until his death in 1953 he exercised extreme force to keep control of a revolutionised Soviet Union. He repressed and oppressed his people murdering 26 million Russians. (Bullock, 1998). Stalin was able to maintain power throughout his rule even though he wasn’t always liked by the common people. Nikita Khrushchev, a former Premier of the Soviet Union and immediate successor, spoke of Stalin during a speech to the 20th Party…

“There is certainly...something wrong in that form of unionism whose leaders are the lieutenants of capitalism.” These were the words of American socialist politician Eugene V. Debs reflecting on relationship between unionism and capitalism. The quotation very aptly alludes to realities that framed the American trade union movement; the lack of major opposition to capitalism amongst union leaders, the division between socialism and trade unionism and the lack of potent socialism amongst the…

Earth is our home, not only to us humans but to many different species of animals and living plantalia. Humans don 't understand the danger the planet is in, information is available for anyone who cares. Global warming has been a topic of questions over the past years, people are somewhat aware of the situations but are not taking the first step to resolve the issue. Some might argue that global warming is a joke, that this planet has enough resources to provide for billions of humans in this…

An assessment of the US’ 18th Amendment; it’s supporters and it’s effect on organised crime, 1919-1933. The consumption of alcohol has been a controversial topic in America since the colonial period. Long before The Volstead Act of 1919, people and organisations from all over the country disputed the legality of alcohol and the existence of saloons. When prohibition was eventually introduced in the United States, it had a myriad of unforeseen consequences. One effect being the exponential growth…

the industrial city were comfortable and not living in squalor, while making lots of money, and so an air of selfishness and greed developed (Pacione, 2005). (Davies, 1981) refers to the Apartheid City model as having fair access to zones of industrialisation and the city’s centre to be able to proportionally and fairly distribute the residential areas according to each specific residential group. This also necessitates the acknowledgment of active patterns in the pre-existing spatial layout,…

SOURCE A An extract from “The Incredible Story Of The Dambusters Raid” explaining the importance of the Möhne dam for war production in the 1900s. • The Möhne dam was important to Germany as it secured water supplies and prevented flooding. • Its mass of water was used to generate hydropower electricity, providing for the needs of the surrounding German public. • By Britain creating bombing techniques to cause destruction to this water source, it would have a significant setback on German war…

There is a steadily growing consensus that recent human activity has had such an impact that it has shifted the Earth into a new geologic epoch of our own making. The advent of this epoch, known as the Anthropocene, has generated much discussion and tension between the various science disciplines. The major issue being discussed is whether there is a need for a new era covering the last three centuries of human impact on the planet. Defining this epoch, in terms of both time and space, has also…

March 1943. He noted that, after American intervention in the First World War, “we withdrew into ourselves. They [Australians] fear that we will withdraw once more into ourselves after this war.” Economically, the war had accelerated Australia’s industrialisation, “which, under the conditions existing prior to 1938, would probably not have been reached for another fifty years” but that post-war, it risked having no market for its industrial output. Australia’s fears were compounded by the fact…

Ricardo was a British economist born in 1772. He shared, throughout his life, several theories about the classical economy but we are now going to emphasize in the free trade theory, which is, besides, his most famous argument. The high rate of industrialisation necessitated…