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4 /1/ 06



In the BBC’s children’s class drama series The Railway Children set in rural England at the outbreak of the First World War, Bobby the heroine discovers that the authorities have arrested her beloved father and sent to prison as a German spy. Of course Bobby is hurt and offended by the thought that her father could be thought of as any thing other than a loyal and patriotic English man and by the end of the series her view of him is thoroughly vindicated, when it is shown that a gigantic miscarriage of justice had occurred and her father was all along the loyal and patriotic English man she believed to be.

Thus in all places and times popular culture reflects the concerns and shibboleths of the times in which it is set. From the middle of the nineteenth to the end of World War I it was generally accepted that the noblest sentiments stirring in men’s hearts loyalty too and love of native land but with the post war revelations off the carnage in the trenches and the occurrence of the revolution in Russia the noblest sentiments became love of justice equality and concern for others.

Community Development

The history of Community Development in Ireland is honourable one. In fact, the prosperity of the nation at the moment is in no small measure attributable to the foundation of the co-operative movement at the beginning of the last century. This has relevance for todays world. The world of Global Economy. Many African and South American countries have a capacity to develop their agricultural economy, however, the policies followed by the developed world retards the growth of a vibrant agricultural economy in the under developed world.