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Historical and Socio-Political Context Social Security In this assignment I aim to produce a written report which demonstrates how social security was achieved, how social security policies emerged, how services are provided and who is eligible and finally how polices are received by the appropriate service user group. I hope to successfully complete these objectives by studying; the historical context of social security; studying the ideological influences and changes from the 1900’s to…

accused Iraq of developing weapons of mass destruction which then lead to the United Nations intervening and assessing the countries weaponry. No such weapons were found but the US pressed the issue further, gaining backing from the UKs Prime Minister Tony Blair, along with other countries such as Poland and Australia. On March 20th 2003, the US declared war on Iraq with the backing of coalition forces. The invasion by the coalition forces was quick initially, but were slowed several times by…

The book “BAD SCIENCE” is really a book that provides great information about the facts which are hidden from people in normal circumstances. People tend to believe in their superficial advantages of various products marketed by companies or individuals who prefer their monetary interests over public interests. They use every possible way to create a target market for their products by giving baseless scientific justification about the effectiveness of their new inventions. I am of the view that…

that it all started shortly after the Cold War. Sandel claims that the market values thrived during this time, and it was only encouraged through time, specifically in 2008 by politicians such as Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Bill Clinton, and Tony Blair (2012). Sandel points out that this encouragement led the markets to take over, moving America out of a “market economy” state to a “market society” state (2012). Sandel states (2012), “A market society is a way of life in which market…

constructive view on what could prove beneficial towards raising attainment of children from low-income families. Figure 1 – (Scotland.gov.uk, 2014) Tackling child poverty continues to be a major challenge for Scotland. In 1999, the then UK Prime Minister Tony Blair pledged to halve child poverty by 2010 and eradicate it completely by 2020. The years that followed the pledge saw a considerable decrease in child poverty levels, nonetheless statistics show an increase in subsequent years. (Child…

One of the most controversial events was the Irish famine in 1845-1852. This was because of conflicting national pride and lack of sources that made it difficult for either side to state what really happened. This eventually led to the three historic views, nationalist, revisionism and post revisionism. With passing time each view blossomed into a new statement and belief. PART:A Nationalism was the historic view of Irish citizens. They personally told their own reasonings to what actually…

It is rare to have wars based solely on religion, although they make up about 40% of all other wars fought. Religious wars are motivated by a higher power or idol that is said to have commanded radical groups to kill in an unjust manner. Ethnic cleansing, for instance, is one aspect of war against religion. The Holocaust, for example, was a war against millions of Jewish men, women, and children were killed because of their ethnic background. Hitler’s affirmation of dominance of his race was…

As society has progressed, the presence of inspirational writers has not yet ceased to exist. With inspirational writers, there are many unique and special characteristics that each writer possess and tries to demonstrate to the world. An inspirational writer can be defined as someone who influences the thoughts and emotions of their audience by how they write or speak. But there was one writer who stood out the most because of his motives and passion for his home country. This man was Winston…

only in the context of the child’s presenting circumstances/abilities. (PGF 17/11/2011). Under the principle of marketisation in education which was then favoured and carried on by the new right in 1997, the new labour government which was ran by tony Blair and Gordon brown followed similar…

Why does it matter who owns news media? Wordcount: 1461 News media is a form of mass media which targets the general public by supplying vital news by either print based, broadcast or online text. This essay will focus on news media ownership and coverage, and how that affects society as a whole. Diversity of media ownership ensures that a variety of opinions are fulfilled and that the news media caters for every audience. Rupert Murdoch is the owner of many media companies including The Sun,…