McIntyre, W. David. British Decolonization: "When, why and how did the British Empire fall?"
Book review - 3 pages - Political science
In this book David McIntyre, Professor of History at the University of Canterbury, gives a detailed account of a most important episode of British and global history, that is the fall of the British Empire. The decolonization process that took place mainly after the Second World War was sudden...
The impact of multinational economic development of firms on countries in process of development
Essay - 5 pages - International economy
Since about twenty years, globalization has resulted in a display of multinationals, a development of the global networks, the international trade, the explosion of the volume of the foreign direct investments, the ascent in power of the Asian countries in the world economy. Certain countries...
The Welfare State in America after the Great Depression and World War II
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
The U.S. government's response to the Great Depression and World War II represented a compromise between those who hoped to expand the powers of the state and American citizens' traditional distrust of the government. Evaluate the evidence for this statement. “Government, even in its best...
The endurance of the "Islamic World" from the seventh century to the nineteenth century
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
The expansion in Islam was a long process, occurring through centuries. The conquests were led in the name of the Prophet Muhammad. However, these victories were also the expression of the triumph of a people over the first Empires dominating the Middle East. From the seventh century and the rise...
Violation of Human Rights at Guantanamo Bay
Worksheets - 4 pages - Political science
After 09/11 terrorist attacks, the Bush Administration declared war to Al Qaeda. As Commander in chief of the Armed Forces, President Bush authorized the detention of non-American citizens considered as "enemy combatants" (Fogarty 2005, 54). A classified report prepared by Defence Department...
Trade and counterfeit
Worksheets - 4 pages - Economy general
Counterfeiting and piracy are terms used to describe a range of illicit activities linked to intellectual property rights infringement. It includes violation of trademarks, copyrights, patents, design rights, as well as a number of related rights. Counterfeiting of goods can be seen as one of...
Quebec separatism
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
One of the main concerns since the creation of the Canadian Confederation in 1867 has been the Quebec question. Nowadays, it is still a big issue in Canadian politics. Quebec has always appeared as a 'distinct society' within the country. It is the core of the main cleavage in Canada: the...
Judicial activism in Canada
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
In 1982, Canada has known a very significant shift with the adoption of the Charter of Right of Freedom. Before this date, Canada only had a Bill of Rights (1960's) which was a statute and did not allow the courts to restrict the action of the Parliament. But the 1982 Charter of Rights and...
Gay rights in Canada and the US
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
From an external point of view, Canada and the United States are sometimes considered as pretty similar countries, concerning cultures and policies. However, these two countries can have very different behaviours on some issues. This is the case in the domain of gay and lesbian rights, and...
Social policy and practice in Canada, a history, by Alvin Finkel
Book review - 4 pages - Political science
Social Policy and Practice in Canada is a history book, which deals with the birth and the evolution of the Welfare State in Canada since pre-confederation times. It aims at narrating but also analyzing the social policy, defined as a “set of non-market decisions, public and private, that...
Anti-Pollution and air/water quality in Canada
Essay - 5 pages - Ecology & environment
The object of this brief note is an environmental issue. It concerns the anti-pollution policy and the means to improve air and water quality in Canada. Indeed, this problem touches the entire Canadian population. Here, there is no discrimination concerning class, gender or race: everyone is...
China & Japan
Essay - 7 pages - International relations
Sino-Japanese relationships are very complex. Historically, both countries have known a kind of “Golden Age” when they dominated the Pacific region. Before the arrival of the Europeans, China was dominant. Then Japan modernized a lot during the Meiji Era (1868) and became superior. Even...
The International Monetary system: history and characteristics
Essay - 9 pages - International economy
The International Monetary System' is an expression indicating all the rules elaborated by the countries to ensure, thanks to currency, a stabilization of the exchanges, and indicating the whole of the institutions charged to control and organize the monetary exchanges between the countries....
The introduction of methodology and practice in economics
Worksheets - 3 pages - Economy general
The methodology in economics is important, because it gives us a better understanding of the economic analysis. The purpose of the economic theory, is to provide a comprehensive framework for the study of human behavior', Gary Becker had declared (1976). As the aim of the economy, governments...
Opposition in Japan
Essay - 8 pages - Political science
In Japanese, the opposition is known as 'mannen yatou', or 'one thousand year opposition party'. As this phrase testifies, there is a structural incapacity of the opposition parties to get into power. It refers to all the political parties that are not in power, that is to say,...
Japan and the European Union: from political ties to the birth of a political relationship
Essay - 10 pages - Political science
In 1989, President of the European Commission, Jacques Delors, complained, when visiting Prime Minister Kaifu Toshiki, about the lack of political visibility in their relationship. Traditionally, EU-Japan relationship has always been based on economic grounds, mainly trade and investment, which...
Japanese General Election, 11th September 2005
Essay - 3 pages - Political life and election
11th September, 2005, date of the last general elections will stay as an historic date in the politics of Japan. With a majority of 326 seats out of 480 in shugiin, Prime Minister Junichino Koizumi and his party, the Liberal Democratic Party and its ally, the New Komeito, have acquired great...
Japan's security relations with South Korea
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
In spite of the cultural closeness between Japan and South Korea, the relations between the two countries have been no exception to the general rule that the immediate neighbours often find it hard to live in harmony. Their relationship actually suffered from a long-standing enemity, the origins...
The Contemporary Politics of Japan: why is it so controversial that Prime Minister Koizumi continues to visit Yasukuni Shrine?
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
On October 17, 2005, Prime Minister Koizumi visited the Yasukuni Shrine for the fifth time. These visits immediately ignite reactions from China and Korea, with violent demonstrations and official protests. Indeed, each of the Prime Minister's visit to the Shrine is an object of controversy....
To what extent have the various processes of regionalisation in Europe over the last 40 years been driven by a common set of factors?
Essay - 8 pages - Political science
Ever since the early 60s, there were various processes for regionalisation in Europe. Time for the revalorisation of regional cultures, dialects and accents , it was also the time when De Gaulle tried to launch its first unsuccessful regional reforms . Some time later, in the early seventies,...
Civil Society and Democratisation
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
Civil Society organisations are responsible to explain the processes of democratisation, ever since the fall of the wall, and the collapse of the Communist regime in Central and Eastern Europe. Civil Society organisations have often been seen as the key for the success of the 'Velvet...
Explain and Illustrate the concept of "limited war" in the context of the cold war
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
After 1945, the parallel rises of US and USSR, emerged two superpowers in competition at all levels, fighting for hegemony on the post war world. Characterized by the possession of the nuclear weapon, obtained and used in 1945 by the United States and developed in USSR in 1949, this new conflict...
Propaganda is necessary for the functioning and survival of human society. Discuss
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
“Propaganda, by whatever name we may call it, has become a very general phenomenon in the modern world. Differences in political regimes matter little; differences in social levels are more important; and most important is national self-awareness.”(1) Actually, propaganda is a large...
Explain the chief causes of the conflict in Chechnya
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
The conflict in Chechnya constitutes one of the most burning issues of the post Cold War Russian federation politics. Actually, the two wars, that took place under Yeltsine's and Putin's presidencies, from 1994 to 1996 and from 1999 to 2001, and even to nowadays, have been the most important...
To what degree does the evidence of contemporary cross-strait relations support the view that Taiwan and Mainland China are experiencing not only economic but also political convergence?
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
In 1949, after having lost the Chinese Civil War against the CPC, the Kuomintang retreated from Mainland China and established a government in Taipei, the largest city of the Taiwan Island, while continuing to claim its sovereignty over the whole China. At the same time, the People's Republic of...
Why has the Franco German partnership played such a pivotal role throughout the development of the European Community
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
After the end of the World War Two, France and Germany experienced hostile relations. Indeed, from 1945 to 1950, the two countries were both traumatized by the souvenir of their mutual occupation. On the French side, the Nazi's occupation had created a feeling of revenge, and on the German's one,...
Australia, Britain and the EU
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
The relationship between Australia and the European Union does not seem to attract much attention. Few books had been written on it, and the general impression is that this relationship is not put forward by neither Australia nor the EU. While many scholars focus today on the importance of Asia...
Dangerous liaisons: On the love-hate affair between the US and France
Essay - 7 pages - International relations
A quick look at the sheer number of French books written on the United States, whether it is on 9/11, Iraq, the environment, George W.Bush or any other foreign policy issue, shows how important is the United States for France. The opposite may not be so true. France is considered like one of...
Crisis? What crisis? Darfur
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
Is there a crisis in Darfur? This question looks at first sight rather provoking; everybody is aware of what is happening there. It is one of the main international hot spots. All the more so as the horrible events in Darfur are everything but new. However, this conflict takes place while the...
Communication Theory within Interpersonal Communication
Essay - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Hikrokawa and Gouran were two experts on group communication. They figured out the most effective ways that groups communicate and the most practical solutions to everyday group communication, whether in a business environment or a personal relationship. At its core, Functional Perspective on...
