... Conservatives introduced the Education Act which got rid of school boards and, instead, gave their duties to the county councils. The new Local Education Authorities were given powers to establish new secondary schools and also develop the existing system in ...

... the blacks wanted freedom, equality and democracy. In 1944 the A.N.C led a series of demonstrations against passed laws. In 1946 the black mine workers went on strike for higher wages and the right to have trade unions. The mine ...

... types of work that women became involved in was varied, often skilled and sometimes dangerous. For example: 'Women working in larger munitions factories were known as Canaries because they dealt with TNT which caused their skin to turn yellow. Around ...

... that he could not impose his will on the situation. For the second time, he had to leave his capital - once again undermining his status and to some emphasising his weak position within Germany. Ebert then decided to call ...

... within it. Although the post-war Labour government was responsible for setting up the welfare state, the principles which underlay it were laid down by a liberal, William Beveridge. In 1941, he was commissioned by the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, ...

... situation as neither side was in a position to deal with the other effectively. The Petrograd soviets had a better claim to legitimacy having been formed from representatives of the workers, and therefore had more support amongst the soldiers and ...

... Large delays, however, resulted in the Provisional Government remaining in power for far longer than was originally planned, and by October their failings as a government had resulted in leaving them little real power, and almost no public support. ...

... miles from Berlin, where luckily the army refused to shoot on other soldiers and denied to support the government. As a result the army entered Berlin and occupied the government buildings while Ebert's government fled. A new government headed by Kapp ...

... 'white' vote. These promises proved to be vote-winners amongst whites. I think that social reasons were quite important reasons for apartheid being set up, as they promised the security of whites, who were afraid of losing control over South Africa ...

... the SPD were the more popular party, they seized power after the war; both the Spartacists and the SPD were for a democratic government but the Spartacists felt that the SPD were not democratic enough. They felt that the SPD ...

... of their country. It was societies belief that the women's place was to support the man, and that women should not try and become as important as him in society. On the other hand the upper class women was educated, ...

... is when small groups with little support use terror tactics to appear bigger and more important than they really are. The dockland bombings in London are also an example for another terror tactic. This is using indiscriminate bombing to undermine ...

... was consisted of nobility and landowners, and everyone else (the bourgeoisie, the peasants and the urban poor of Paris) belonged to the Third Estate. Every section of the nation was displeased. They had tensions within themselves. For example as the ...

... economic change. Mao Zedong's huge projects almost crippled China's economy; the production of useless steel and the neglect of crops caused huge famines and place many Chinese people in serve poverty. The Chinese government seeing no way out of the ...

... of good will from the paramilitary groups, if the talks go well. The I.R.A. is reluctant to decommission because it doesn't trust the loyalist paramilitary groups or splinter groups within the province to also do so. The I.R.A. does ...

... to investigate why different countries have different turnouts, within different time periods, and what can be done in order to improve the % of turnout at elections. Turn-out is effected by both short term and long term influences. Short- term influences ...

... reason Britain lost the majority of its Empire in the 20th century was due to the fact that they could not cope with trying to limit the demand for independence, and with both wars, it seemed easier by the end ...

... to pursue their course of action. The first of these offensives proved to be very unpopular with the Russian public and did in fact cause demonstrations across the country. However, when it came to the second military offensive, this proved to ...

... a 'regulatory' state and concentrating on targets and productivity.2 This essay aims to show some examples of such expenditure decisions and some of the theories behind the logic of these moves. The economy was in a strong position when Labour ...

... possibility, rather than people not participating in politics, this generation has shifted from party politics to supporting pressure groups. A politically apathetic electorate would have no interest in politics; therefore they would not join political parties. This state of mind has ...

... where the interests of the individual, the family, the clique or the clan predominate." (3) Corruption has prospered in so many Latin American states due to the system of government that exists in many of these countries. Kurt Weyland identifies state intervention in ...

... system while a liberal government would cut taxes and put less money in the public sector. Political promises in not the only purely political reason for governments getting involved. Another reason is that the state could want more control. By ...

... had a good grasp of party politics. Unlike Gaitskell, Macmillan was able to use the media to his advantage. A new form of media had just began, which would now benefit politics, if used effectively. 'super-Mac', was able to use ...

... was given to young students at school and was also only given to some students. The milk was given to the poorer students whose parents could not afford to give them milk every day. These were mostly social reforms which ...

... development of industries and improvement of communications e.g. Railways and roads I think that in the future people will get fed up with giving aid, but at the moment I think that people like giving money because in the aid ...