Post 1965 immigration to the US
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 represents a crucial shift in the history of American immigration. This reform set the basis of the modern immigration policy as we know it today, by implementing a new system based on two criteria, called "preferences". These are: family reunification...
U.S. policies towards the United Nations and the development of international law over the next two years
Worksheets - 3 pages - Political science
Two years before the presidential elections of 2008, the context of the relations between the United States (U.S.) and the United Nations (U.N) is at a turning point. The new Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, will enter into office on January 1, 2007, and it is likely that he will bring a new...
International Law and Organization: Weighing the Democracy Deficit
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
The history of the relationship between the United States and international law and organization has always been a love-hate one. While historically the U.S. has unquestionably been one of the strongest proponents of the development of international organizations such as the United Nations...
The John Birch society
Essay - 17 pages - Political science
This paper aims at presenting the John Birch Society with a special focus of their fight against Communism in the 50s-60s. It will try to answer to many questions such as: Why was an organization like the JBS created? What kind of anti-Communism was the Birch Society was designed to promulgate?...
The role of trade in the economic development of Eastern Asia
Essay - 7 pages - Economy general
At the end of the last century, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea attained higher rates of economic growth than other developing countries. It could be because of a close correlation between export expansion and economic growth, but are they automatically associated? What is the...
The EU Lisbon agenda
Essay - 8 pages - Economy general
To make the European Union "the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-driven economy, capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion ": that was the guideline, the “new strategic goal” of the principles EU's Head of States and Governments...
Re-branding junk food: firm strategies
Essay - 10 pages - Political science
American food habits are known to be particular: quickness and convenience are the key-words to describe this food culture that started up the fast food phenomenon, which rapidly spread around the world. Similarly, with ingenious marketing strategies, the Coca-Cola Company managed to reach the...
Euroscepticism in Poland
Essay - 19 pages - European union
Since the collapse of its communist regime in 1989-1990, Poland aimed at joining the European Economic Community/European Union (EU). In 1991, the Association Agreement was signed by the country and the international organization. Poland officially applied for membership in June 1994. The...
Riots in France in 2005
Essay - 23 pages - Social, moral & civic education
From the middle of October to the end of November 2005, French society lived through the most violent urban unrest since the 1968 student-worker riots. The balance sheet is both worrying and upsetting. About 274 cities were affected by these riots, with one death, 126 policemen and firefighters...
Saving souls or saving the world: The Jesuits and politics in the 20th century
Essay - 17 pages - Political science
On Monday 7th January 2008, the 35th “General Congregation” of the Society of Jesus, the famous religious order founded in 1540 by Ignatius of Loyola and some followers, met to elect its 29th “General Superior”, after the demission of P-H Kolvenbach for cause of old age. The...
How are computers and the Internet changing the way in which modern businesses are organized ?
Dissertation - 93 pages - Economy general
In the same way that the Fordist system revolutionized the business world in its time (working conditions, productivity and competitiveness), the introduction of computers, and thereafter of the Internet, deeply modified the contemporary firms. Created, in the plainest and yet most cumbersome...
Critical review of Robert Putnam's Making Democracy Work - publié le 13/03/2008
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
In the 1970s, new representative institutions were created in the twenty regions that make up Italy. The Italian government wanted to bring governance closer to the people, so that 'the citizens of Seveso and Pietrapertosa were now directed to nearby Milan and Potenza rather than distant...
Why has Airbus/EADS reached such a point of economic failure?
Case study - 30 pages - Economy general
Last semester, in ?Strategic Management' module, our teacher Rob Dekkers would repeatedly draw parallels between Boeing and Airbus. Therefore when we were told that we had to find a subject for a research paper, a study of Airbus came immediately to our mind. Given the recent news about...
Democracy and totalitarism
Essay - 2 pages - Political science
Nowadays the term ‘democracy ‘has become a widespread reality which is practically accepted everywhere. Even China's leaders argue that their country is on the path to democracy but “it needs time” (Wen Jiabao, China's Prime Minister). Nevertheless many dictatorships still...
Changes and paradoxes in the American society
Worksheets - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Franklin Delano Roosevelt had launched as early as 1944 a new pledge to implement a new economic Bill of Rights ("New Deal") for all Americans. Another new trend appeared under Truman with the fate of the "Full Employment Act". The new president delayed submitting his own version of the Bill. It...
Analyse of the European Union (EU) common Strategy on Weapons of Mass Destruction
Essay - 5 pages - European union
While globalization makes trade easier, it also makes illegal trafficking easier. As a global trade power, the EU has to against the limiting negative effects of liberalization, especially in the WMD domain. The question we must answer at the outset is: what are Weapons of Mass Destructions?...
Aung San Suu Kyi
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
To understand Aung San Suu Kyi, we must first understand the country and the circumstances in which she fights. Aung San Suu Kyi was born in Burma. Burma lies between Bangladesh and Thailand; it was a province of India until 1937 when it became a self-governing colony, its capital is Rangoon. In...
The limits of the European neighborhood policy
Essay - 6 pages - European union
After the last European enlargement on 1st May 2004, the European Union got new neighbors, mainly in the East but a few also in the Middle East. But the neighbors do not all have the same juridical status. For some of them inclusion is already on its way, like for Romania and Bulgaria who signed...
Transitions in South East Europe - Case Study : Serbia, Road to Democratization
Essay - 31 pages - International relations
All post-communist countries experienced public dissatisfaction over the economic dislocation of transition to a democratic market economy as well as to the access to pure democratic values. As a result, few anticommunist reformers have won consecutive elections everywhere in Eastern Europe....
What are the relationships between Finland and the Eastern and Central Europe countries after enlargement in 2005?
Essay - 11 pages - International relations
The Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) applied for EU membership in the early 1990s. In 1998, the European Union started the accession negotiations with the first candidate countries: Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, and Estonia. In Helsinki, in December 1999, the European...
How does emerging China affect energy markets? (2006)
Essay - 12 pages - Foreign markets
For more than 20 years, China has been the witnessing the highest growth rate of the world, with an annual growth rate of nine percent. Chinese authorities are forecasting a 7% annual growth until 2020, and a high growth rate until 2050. Therefore, Chinese energy needs are increasing, and will...
A Constitution for Europe?
Essay - 9 pages - Political science
In May 2005, every French home received a book titled Treaty for the European Union. Based on the notions of liberty and democracy, the European Union was already divided on its decision to adopt the European Constitution or not. Defending the ideas of freedom since their adhesion to the EU, a...
The implementation of French culture in Australia
Essay - 17 pages - International relations
The Alliance Française de Sydney is a French-Australian organization, being settled on the Australian ground, it functions in accordance with the Australian regime. While studying an organization, we firstly need to determine what the instruments of the cultural policy in Australia are. Indeed,...
Transformation of European Democracies : Essay The role of the British parliament and its power
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
Democracy is a system in which the citizens are endowed with a set of inalienable rights, and hold the sovereignty of the power. A parliamentary democracy is a political system in which the citizens allow their representatives, the members of the parliaments to act in their name and place through...
Why does the Canadian productivity lag behind that of the US? - published: 07/03/2008
Case study - 8 pages - International economy
"Productivity is our economic destiny," says Andrew Sharpe, Director of the Centre for the Study of Living Standards in Canada. Productivity is indeed important because it is related to the level of living standards (defined as GDP per capita) and the economic well-being of a specific country. As...
The far-right in Europe - publié le 06/03/2008
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
The far-right in Europe has been a permanent feature in the European countries since the fifties. But for some years the far-right movement, most of the time a mix of populism and nationalism, has an increasing audience among the European population. Earlier it was indeed seen as a marginalized...
What drives the GenY?
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
Who are the GenY? Like any other generation, birthdates might be a relevant indicator. In this specific case, Gen Y are born around the same historical period, that is from the mid-80' to today. However, it is more in terms of shared needs and expectations that they offer an interesting case to...
The basic targets and instruments of monetary policy, the concept of the money multiplier
Essay - 7 pages - Economy general
Medium-term price stability is widely accepted as the ultimate goal for monetary policy. This reflects two ideas. The first is that high rates of inflation distort decision-making, ultimately leading to slower economic growth, and the second is that monetary policy is the most effective...
The problem of debt in developing countries
Essay - 8 pages - Economy general
In the beginning of the millennium, a refreshing urgency is inspiring the search for lasting solutions to the debt problems of developing countries, especially the poorest of them. One problem that has been the focus of much attention and contention over the years, with serious implications for...
The Cecchini report - 20 years later - publié le 05/03/2008
Essay - 6 pages - European union
With the Maastricht Treaty, in 1992, the European Community will now be a single market composed of twelve countries, with no more barriers between them. This change was of course studied and analyzed before coming into force. The European Commission, in 1986, mandated Mr Cecchini to make an...
