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The rural dimension – after rundale
OpenLearn Ireland

The rural dimension – after rundale

...social processes impacted on the rundale system, the delicate balance which it had maintained was broken and the result was poverty and political reaction. The eventual outcome was complete reform of the system of landholding and settlement that created compact, independent, small farms. The pattern preferred by the Irish Government’s Commissioners was ‘squared’...
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Dumbarton Road, Partick, Glasgow: from tenements to riverside apartments
Society, Politics & Law

Dumbarton Road, Partick, Glasgow: from tenements to riverside apartments

...social history shaped by a ten-fold rise in population from 5,000 in 1850 to over 55,000 by 1901, and forward to the Glasgow Harbour regeneration scheme...Tenements, trams and towering cranes: the stories behind a Clydeside street Industrial expansion of the river city of Glasgow saw the diverse population housed in the city’s iconic tenements. High rise and new luxury...
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‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places
Society, Politics & Law

‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places

...social justice as an idea and an ideal is interwoven with issues of inequality, poverty and social exclusion. It is a comparatively straightforward task in the era of World Wide Web access (though by no means everywhere or for everyone) to locate sources of information illustrating the extent of poverty and inequality, though much of the latter, particularly in relation...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
The age of offence
Society, Politics & Law

The age of offence

...social media, the giving and taking of offence seems to have become an integral part of modern life. The news media regularly spark moral panics about the rise of a new McCarthyism, we’re told that universities are suffering from a crisis of academic freedom, politics has become an all-out struggle over competing claims of victimhood, and everywhere people seem to be...
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Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part Two
Education & Development

Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part Two

...social bonds. We are less likely to be fearful of ‘crime’ if we feel a sense of connection to our local communities. Fear and insecurity around ‘crime’ are often closely tied to people feeling socially isolated. Fear of victimisation is significantly decreased when there are strong local communities and support mechanisms for people to participate in community...
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Article 12 mins
Welfare, crime and society
Society, Politics & Law

Welfare, crime and society

...social justice, security and community. The tracks on this album explore how forms and practices of surveillance reveal the entanglements between welfare, crime and society and the tensions and overlaps between policies aimed at delivering social welfare and those intended to control crime. The material is drawn from the course DD208 Welfare, crime and society... Welfare,...
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How to manage the digital-related stress of technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to manage the digital-related stress of technology

...social media. At the very least, turning off your notifications and sleeping with your phone in another room, or on aeroplane mode, might be enough to see a positive change. For example, a recent study found that restricting smartphone use in the bedroom improved sleep quality, and increased happiness and quality of life. If you are up for more of a challenge, try taking...
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Article 10 mins
Cognition and gender development
Education & Development

Cognition and gender development

...Social Development, Oxford, Blackwell.) © Open University 2005...Find out more about The Open University's Education Studies (Primary) qualification. Most contemporary theorists argue that cognitive processes need to be taken into account in order to explain how the social environment makes its mark on the child’s gender development and how the child plays an important...
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