Tag: urbanisation
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Urbanisation and Development
Urbanisation refers to the growth of cities, typically involving the movement of populations from rural areas. The post considers some of the perspectives on urbanisation and development. This topic is relevant to the Global Development option within A-level sociology. The world is rapidly urbanising The introduction to the video below provides a nice overview of…
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A Level Sociology: Global Development Module Overview
Globalisation and its consequences There are Economic, Cultural and Political elements of Globalisation Optimist view of Globalisation Pessimist view of Globalisation Transformationalist Traditionalist Also… Does Globalisation mean the decline of the nation state? The problems of defining and measuring development and underdevelopment How should we define and measure development? The strengths and limitations of Western…
