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MARXISM: a revolution to destroy capitalism and give power to the workers to estabilish a proletarian dictatorship with the goal of becoming a comunist society.

ANARCHISM: this ideology have the same goals of marxism but in a more radical way. It oppossed any form of authority including the state which should be replaced by voluntary associations of people.

UPPER: arisocracy and high bourgeoisie. This group lost predominance and the bourgeoisie became the most powerful group in society.

MIDDLE: low bourgeoisie, doctors, teachers. They were a diverse class.                                                                                                          ... Continue reading "Law 19983 on" »

Urban hierarchies in the world: in a world that is becoming increasingly globalised and interconnected, the larger and most important cities have an influence that goes beyond the borders of the country they are located in.

World cities:

• World metropolises: these are large urban centres that integrate other smaller cities within their metropolitan areas.
• Megacities: according to the UN, these are cities with more than 10 million inhabitants.
• Megalopolies: these are large-scale urban agglomerations formed by the metropolitan areas of several cities being joined by their transport system.
• Global cities: due to globalisation, these cities have a global influence as regards certain activities, like information technology, transport, finance and trade.

Suthern asia

Pop. And settelment: this is an intensely populated región. India stands out. Natural increase is very high. Settelment is mostly rural

Economy: there are big contrasts between between countryes with very Little development, like bangladesh and cambodia, developed (singapore and Brunei) or developing (malaysia and thailand) countries in the process of modernisation

Culture and society: there is a wide variety of ethnic groups: indo-arians, malays, bengalis, etc. Many differents languages are spoken. The principal religions are islam, hinduism and buddhism

Political systems: predominantly republican regimes. Politican inestability, caused by domestic and border conflicts, is an important problems.

  The rise of finance capitalism affected an organisation of work, the development of consumerism, economic inability and the expansion of international trade.

THE ORGANISATION OF WORK

  The assembly line developed: each worker specialised in a task, such as placing a nut. Henry Ford was the first to use the assembly line in his car manufacturing company.

THE BIRTH OF THE CONSUMER SOCIETY

  The consumer society led to a new way of thinking; people began to value material wellbeing highly.

  *The upper class was the only social group that could afford luxury items.

  *The lower class had lower wages and couldn't afford luxury items.

3- THE GREAT DEPRESSION/ LA GRAN DEPRESIÓN 3.1- Causes of the depression/Causas de la depresión - After WWI, USA became the first economic power on the world. - The roaring twenties: were a period of economic prosperity in USA, it was characterized by consumerism, consumer society (household appliances, automobile, clothes...), urban growth (skyscraper), the modern culture: cinema, jazz age, Swing dance, art deco, fashion... - Stock market bubble: the consumption rise, workers began buying on credit, businessmen borrowed money (loans) from banks to buy stocks and after the sold them to earn more money (speculation). Finally, people did not have enough money to pay their debts or buy new items. - A crisis of Overproduction: it was produced... Continue reading "Conceptual delimitation" "social work" »