1. Inequalities among citizens
a. Explain what the caste system is ? The Dalits. p. 151
– division of society into four unequal familial societal categories /castes + the Dalits ( or Untouchables ) who are outcastes…
B. Indicate out the spread between rich and hapless ? A state on the March. p. 24 – From Bombay to Mumbai. p. 31 – Two narratives. p. 32
– 4th highest figure of billionaires in the universe ( 55 ) vs 42 % people populating below 80p ( 0. 93ˆ ) a day…
– Dharavi slum in Mumbai: overpopulated ( 314. 887 inhabitants/km2 ) …
– 20-year-old Suhas Gopinath: the world’s youngest CEO vs 24 year-old Bisu Das. who sells refuse to do a living…
2. Inequalities among work forces and adult females
a. Explain what the dowery tradition is ? The dowry tradition. p. 151 – the wife’s household gives a “dowry” or gift to the hereafter husband’s household on marriage… – dowery deaths…
– bride burning…
B. Explain why there is a “gendercide” in India ? India’s misss go losing. p. 20 – Another miss. p. 22 – A state on the March. p. 24
– gendercide = gender-selected abortions. female infanticide. dowry-related murders… – 600. 000 Indian misss go losing every year…
– 940 misss for every 1. 000 boys…
– boies financially more attractive than daughters…
– two-child households encouraged by household planning. hapless households can’t afford two girls… – illustration of Kavita’s hubby ( Text 1 ) who wanted to acquire rid of their girl at birth… 3. The development of Indian society
a. A altering economic system ? The two Indias. p. 20 – The Great Indian Dream. p. 21 – A state on the March. p. 24 – Changing India. p. 26
– Hyderabad: “High-tech city” /“Cyberabad”…
– Bangalore: hi-tech enclaves…
– growing of the hi-tech sector /computing and communications revolution… – record GDP growing of more than 8 per centum every year…
– India at the bosom of the world’s web of distant service provision… – India has changed dramatically: farms give manner to factories… B. Successful adult females ? High-tech metropoliss. p. 20 – Is microcredit altering India? . p. 21 –
The Great Indian Dream. p. 21 – Changing India. p. 26 – The world’s largest democracy. p. 31 – illustration of Sirisha. an Indian enterpriser who left her occupation in Manhattan to establish her ain company in India…
– adult females at the head of the microcredit movement…
– female literacy rate still lower than the male rate ( 64 % vs 83 % ) but educational programmes allow misss to go literate…
– adult females are going breadwinners through microcredit…
– two adult females at the caput of the authorities ( Indira Gandhi: first female Prime Minister. Pratibha Patil: first female President of India ) …
Expliquez le terme “empowerment of citizens” .
To authorise people means to give more power and duties: the power to do their ain determinations. the power to hold their say…
Elaboration d’un program et prise Delaware notes
1. New engineerings
List the tools that are easy available to citizens and what they can make with them > Think different. p. 56 – The power of Google. p. 56 – Empowered citizens. p. 57 – Google. p. 153 – WikiLeaks. p. 153
– The Internet and a whole scope of digital tools now available: the computing machine. smartphones. the iPad:
– Instant communicating much easier than of all time before and available to everyone… – Development of citizen motions worldwide to contend societal and economic inequalities and troubles: the Arab Spring. the 99 % motion. other “Occupy” movements… – Citizens can do their voices heard more than of all time before thanks to the Internet in peculiar: WikiLeaks. for instance…
– Search engines like Google:
– Easier for anyone to happen the right information on the Internet… – Google Earth: possibility to see towns. parts. states without traveling from place or to be after vacations by sing a part online…
– Telephones with constitutional cameras:
– Enable anyone to take images or record events as they occur… – Post
images or movies on any societal network…
– Citizens empowered as journalists or reporters…
2. How new engineerings have empowered citizens
a. The function of societal webs
Show how citizens can acquire organized quickly > “We are the 99 % ” . p. 60 – Flash rabble. p. 62 – Citizens can portion information and organize their actions rapidly via societal webs and nomadic phones without utilizing traditional media ( Television. radio… ) . For case. the “99 % ” motion developed and spread throughout the universe really rapidly thanks to societal webs like Facebook…
Flash rabble can besides organize. sometimes about immediately. via societal networks… Different kinds of brassy rabbles: those with a cultural or societal end and those formed to transport out improper activities ( plundering. rioting > The 2011 London riots… ) … B. The rise of counter-powers
Give illustrations > “We are the 99 % ” . p. 60 – Should WikiLeaks be banned? . p. 61 – Are counter-powers turning in influence? . p. 68 – WikiLeaks. p. 153 Counter-powers like the “99 % ” and WikiLeaks remind those in power that they can non make what they want and that citizens can take affairs into their ain custodies and do themselves heard… – The “99 % ” motion:
– Protests against societal inequalities non merely in the USA but across the world… – Could influence following year’s presidential and congressional elections in the US… – WikiLeaks: a web site which revealed tonss of classified information to the universe. – Founder’s end: to halt authoritiess from concealing the truth from their citizens…
1. Underscore the contrast between tradition and modernness in Britain today a. Give illustrations of the heritage of history > The Monarchy: what Britain truly wants. p. 74 – Kings and Queenss on screen. p. 84 – The Commonwealth. p. 154 – The United Kingdom. p. 154
– The populace still attached to a sovereign as caput of state… – Protestant tradition and Church of England…
– The Commonwealth – close links with ex colonies…
– Political brotherhood between England. Scotland. Wales and Northern Ireland… B. Underscore the importance of traditions in mundane life > A featuring state. p. 79 – Education: two United kingdoms. p. 75
– Popular. annually featuring events dating back to the 19th century ( the Boat race. the Six Nations Championship. the Ashes ) each associated with a peculiar tradition ( blues. the wooden spoon. the urn ) …
– Still a category divide in instruction – a public school tradition for the wealthy… c. Point out facets of modernness in Britain today > London today. p. 73 – The world… at place. p. 74 – London’s altering skyline. p. 75. – Black Britons. p. 80 – Population mix. cosmopolite society…
– Open to other civilizations: MultiKulti music festivals ( Carnaval de Pueblo. London Mela ) …
– Black people comfy with the thought of being British. – Innovations in architecture: the London Eye. new skyscrapers ( the Gherkin. the Shard. the Razor… ) . a mix of old and new…
2. Are traditions an obstruction to alter?
a. Give illustrations of what has changed in recent history > The monarchy: what Britain truly wants. p. 74 – Consumerist living deads. p. 76 – Students protest. p. 78 – Black Britons. p. 80 – The United Kingdom. p. 154
– Change of sentiment on leting the sovereign to get married a Catholic… – Shift from economic system based on fabricating to economic system based on consumerism… – Younger coevals more individualistic – Poppy…
– Increased cost of university education…
– More public protests about authorities decisions…
– Black people better integrated – experiencing more British than black… – Disassociating the land. degeneration and possibly independency of Scotland… 156 Unit 4 – This is Britainb. Give illustrations of what is non altering > The monarchy: what Britain truly wants. p. 74 – Education: two United kingdoms. p. 75
– Attachment to the monarchy and all its gaudery and pageantry… – Still a category divide in instruction ( less than 5 % of pupils from hapless vicinities at top 20 Universities ) . 10 % of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds don’t
finish their university course…
3. On pourra conclure. en s’appuyant Sur lupus erythematosuss deux impressions du programme culturel L’idee de progres et Espaces et echanges. pour analyzer le lien lasting entre modernite et tradition qui existe en Grande-Bretagne:
To reason. both the impression The thought of advancement and the impression Topographic points and exchanges need to be taken into history to analyze the nexus between modernness and tradition in Great Britain. The manner Britain has changed and evolved over the old ages is closely linked to its history and traditions. but besides to the exchanges developed over the old ages. with states all over the universe and peculiarly throughout the Commonwealth. which have contributed to doing it the cosmopolite. modern society it now is. In fact. the individuality of Britain today is based on a balance between its long-standing traditions and its ability to overhaul and accommodate to the challenges it has to confront in a changing universe.
