During the early years of the Great Migration (1915-1930), over one million African Americans moved north, drawn by the possibilities of jobs. Migrants often encountered young African American social service pr
Recently, a great deal of attention has been paid to the concept of “policy mobility” in geography, politics, and economics (Temenos and McCann, 2013). Policy mobility refers to the migration, combination, and evolution of policies, valuations, and ideas from one region to another. In this...
such as environmental, social, or migration policy, there isnogenerally accepted understanding of industrial policy. This is mainly because the rationales guiding industrial policies have been changing
The jobs or tasks to be sampled • The specific chemical or biological agents to be evaluated • The number of samples to be taken • The frequency of monitoring • The nature of the sample to be taken (i.e., personal vs. full-shift TWA vs. STEL, etc.) • The specific inst...
The loss of U.S. and other European jobs to Asia, exacerbated by China's under-valued currency (Scott, 2007). Turn-key or “shovel-ready” projects such as painting bridges and repairing/improving infrastructure could give immediate relief if quick financing mechanisms could be put into place...
If emissions continue, warming could reach 2.4–2.7°C by 2050, triggering cascading crop failures, mass migration of 216 million, and uninhabitable zones in the Gulf Coast and South Asia. Aggressive renewable transitions might limit warming to 2°C, but legacy damage—acidified oceans, depleted ...
These machines had to be run by people such as women and even children because the men were mostly in coal mines. Some of the many negative consequences about these new jobs and new machines being invented were; child labor, physical abuse on the job, and unsafe working conditions. While ...
What were the problems of urbanization during the Industrial Revolution? The problems of urbanization during the Industrial Revolution included poor working conditions as people competed for the available jobs. Lack of cleanliness was another problem of urbanization as factory owners could not provide work...
The industrial slaughter and disassembly of animals for meat in international markets is a classic late capitalist enterprise. Multinational corporations in this industry supply products to individual and institutional buyers at maximum “profit per head,” accomplished by deskilling jobs, thwarting collectiv...
Many technologic and agricultural advances were made during this time. Factories became the main source of production, rather than in home workers. This resulted in many people living in rural areas to move into industrialized cities, which was called rural to urban migration. The Industrial ...