Relationship between School, Education, and the Society
Case study - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Education, since ancient times, has been purposed to bring people to a full realization as possible to its interpretation of a human being. Other statements of education as developing intellect, serving social needs, creating an effective workforce, promoting social or political system and...
Foreign relations of Japan
Case study - 3 pages - International relations
In 2012, the Obama Administration represented by its Secretary of State Hilary Clinton published an ambitious document putting forth the United States' intention to pivot its main foreign policy concerns to the Asia-Pacific region. Traditionally in charge of ensuring security over allies such as...
Partisanship and Political Typology
Case study - 2 pages - Political science
Partisanship is supporting a group of people, a person or a political party. Some of American people's political attitude is just theoretical while others are choosing not to identify themselves with a political party. Some of the factors that influence people in choosing political parties may...
Microeconomics
Case study - 9 pages - Economy general
Consider two individuals (call them A and B) which reflect the amount of two goods (X and Y) they consume. Consider that there are only these two properties to simplify the world in which we place ourselves. In general, we can say that two individuals will not consume the same amount of X and Y....
Boko Haram's report
Case study - 4 pages - Political science
For several months, armed groups in Boko Haram seem engaged in a scorched earth policy in Borno State (in the north-eastern Nigeria), the heart of their settlement area. They attack villages, engage in destruction, looting, burning crops and killing, seemingly at random. The use of violence by...
The Franco-German relationship in the energy transitionThe Franco-German relationship in the energy transition
Essay - 45 pages - International relations
The close relationship between France and Germany on the energy plan began after World War II with the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). It was an international organization which purpose was to unify European countries after the war. Thereby the Franco-German relationship has been the...
Soft Law: Forms of Cooperation in the Arctic- The Barents Regional Council
Case study - 9 pages - International relations
The Arctic area represents one of the best example of regional cooperation between States despite the main issues surrounding that part of the world. However, the Arctic defined as the northernmost ocean covered by ice of the Earth used to be a tension region during the cold war. Indeed, the...
International Law, Climate Change and the Arctic- The relevance of the Sustainable Development policy
Essay - 8 pages - Ecology & environment
The environmental degradation expressed by the proliferation of phenomena as the destruction of the fauna and flaura, the deforestation, the proliferation of Permanent Organic Pollutant, the expansion of the hole in the ozone, global warming reflect the necessity of a global environmental action...
The key problems of urbanization :Suggestions and solutions which would form part of sustainable development
Essay - 4 pages - Economy general
It is now a universal fact that living standards depend upon a perfect harmony between humans and their social environment, for example, the function of medical care, education systems, as well as social pension systems. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, cities have been growing...
Is coal an energy of the past or of the future?
Case study - 5 pages - Ecology & environment
Coal is today one of the most important energy sources of the world, second only to oil. But the use of coal raises several issues. First there's the issue of energy supply. In a globalized world with mass production, the energy supply must be abundant and the energy must be as cheap as...
Policy proposal: HydroBuses
Case study - 4 pages - Ecology & environment
The following policy proposal seeks to reduce GHG emissions through the introduction and implementation of a hydrogen powered fuel cell bus in a small municipal transit system. Implementation on the small scale would reduce financial risks since the initial investment costs would be significantly...
The impact of immigration on the health care system in the United States
Case study - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
According to a study conducted by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) in 2007, both legal, and illegal immigration comprised 37.9 million people living in the United States. One out of every eight U.S. residents was an immigrant, and nearly one out of every three was here illegally...
Fiduciary duties and corporate governance failures exposed by the subprime mortgage crisis
Case study - 5 pages - International economy
Corporations' directors are expected to make decisions that produce the best outcome for their businesses. As such, law has a role to play, and it does so differently depending on the legal system concerned. Common law jurisdictions generally refer to directors as fiduciaries . Directors have...
World War I: Initiation, Fighting, Casualties, Armistice
Case study - 30 pages - Political science
World War I was a military conflict that took place in practice in Europe from 1914 to 1918(although administratively continued until 1923 for the countries concerned by the Treaty of Lausanne, the last to be signed July 24, 1923). Considered one of the key events of the twentieth century, this...
Democratization process and political elites in D.R. of Congo
Case study - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Remember quickly that the Congo has lived from 1968, under a system of one-party, Marxist-Leninist which was dominated by soldiers. The National Conference, from February to June 1991, reinstated the multi-party system. The year 1992, created a situation of political turmoil who was dominated by...
Business Plan Solar Handlight in Africa
Business plan - 15 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Despite its abundant solar radiation, Africa suffers from energy scarcity. In the south of the Sahara, only 23% of the population (one out of four) has access to electricity. The situation is even more critical in rural areas where electrification involves only ten inhabitants. But, with a daily...
Assessment of the Second World War
Case study - 6 pages - Political science
World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history. Over 60 million people were killed, representing more than 2.5% of the world population at the time. This article attempts to develop a human and material toll of the war. In 1945, many regions in Europe are destroyed and millions of...
The cannibalism
Case study - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Cannibalism is perceived with disgust and indignation in several cultures. It is considered a wild behavior by most. The only tolerated cannibalism form is the one that allows survival in a desperate situation. “Survival” cannibalism is very rare and can be explained by specific...
The issue of race in the 1990's: segregation and justice scandals
Case study - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education
To begin with, African Americans were more and more segregated. They gathered in the same cities, living in Baltimore, Chicago, Gary, Cleveland, and Detroit, LA... The white flight phenomenon led to a loss of population in the cities, and to a loss of jobs (jobs were moving to the suburbs)....
The rising concerns about racial integration in education in the seventies
Case study - 1 pages - Political science
Race has always been an important issue in the United States. A lot of changes occurred since the 13th amendment of 1865 abolishing slavery. The 14th amendment in 1868 granted double citizenship to every Americans. In 1870, the 15th amendment gave freedmen the right to vote. The strong resistance...
Fez and Acre: The Modernisation of Medieval Towns
Case study - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
What sets them apart from other medieval cities is that while other cities' old towns have changed and evolved, in Fez and Acre the old, medieval, walled city still stands as it always had. With the advent of gunpowder, changes in defensive strategy and the need to modernize and grow, many cities...
A History of American Imperialism
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
Today we still see the struggle of two ideologically opposed groups of Americans, on one side there are the imperialist, people who embrace a philosophy born from Americans such as Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge. They believed it is our manifest destiny too expand the reach of the...
Public administration defined within the context of its four frames and pros and cons to privatization
Case study - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
How is public administration defined within the context of its four frames? Before answering this question, first think about how public administration is defined in general. Public administration is a system of public servants managing an array of services, programs, and other related actions...
Crime organization in Mexico and its impact on democratic institutions
Case study - 7 pages - Political science
Mexico's long road towards consolidating a democratic regime is wavering in its security due to the rampant growth and development of the organized crime in the country. As democratic institutions in Mexico have gained strength and made progress, so has the presence of organized crime in...
The Reagan Revolution
Case study - 4 pages - Political science
During the 1950's and 1960's the United States enjoyed their position of Free Leader of the world implying a spectacular economic growth with a low unemployment rate and a dominant position in international debates. The Watergate crisis and the Vietnam war's bog cast a chill into the prosperous...
Racism in the US
Case study - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
America is usually considered as the country of «melting pot». This word is used to indicate the American assimilation of immigrate population in one homogeneous society. The initial differences disappear to gather in one nation. But one may wonder if this idealistic vision of the American...
Why should the US tackle the problem of homosexual killings in Iraq?
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
In Iraq, militias are targeting men suspected to be homosexual or not “manly” enough in a killing campaign without reaction of any government. The US has a responsibility to enforce international human rights laws in order to prevent a sexual cleansing in the country after the...
How did the pre-1954 nationalism impact on the national movement in Algeria?
Case study - 10 pages - Political science
Ancient mythology tells us a lot about what could be an ideal national solidarity. Epic wars and huge battles were either fought to restore dignity of a nation or to fight against injustice. But what types of injustice? Mythology tends to explain the world around us and provides a model for the...
British Policy
Case study - 6 pages - International relations
Mixing Peter Oborne and “Controversial” in the same sentence is simply a pleonasm. If this statement can appear as particularly shocking, the author is used to attack politics or journalists directly and publicly, that's also why he has been nicknamed, sarcasticly, Peter “O'Bore'...
The economy of Portugal
Case study - 18 pages - Economy general
Portugal joined EU in the 1986 and since then has remodeled its economy in more than one way. Portugal's economy was mostly based on production of agricultural products, where about two thirds of the country was employed in this sector. After joining the EU Portugal has diversified its economy...
