Black America's Transformation & Booker T. Washington
Case study - 4 pages - Political science
The 1960s were the time of significant, cultural change. This black revolution changed the lives of African Americans forever because it led to them acquiring the right to vote and the right to be treated equally. Before the 1960s, it was permissible to discriminate against African Americans when...
Concept analysis of similarity
Case study - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
According to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language similarity is the (a) “equivalence,” (b) “resemblance” and (c) corresponding “features” or characteristics” (2009). There are various ways of defining similarity the most common term shared is...
The concept of Humility Japan vs Western cultures
Case study - 1 pages - Political science
In Japan, a form of respect can be seen through the act of being humble. The sense of humility is extremely developed in the Japanese culture. Compared to Westerners Japanese people will not be afraid to put themselves down in order to raise the other person up. The self discrediting will be...
What is a gift? What are the political, economic, religious, and social implications of the gift? - publié le 23/04/2013
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
Supposedly, a gift is the free act of willingly donating to someone something that was yours without expecting anything in exchange. It is a thus doubly a free act for it is up to the giver to decide whether he wants to make a gift or not and the receiver has no obligation to reciprocate. The...
What is a gift? What are the political, economic, religious, and social implications of the gift?
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
Supposedly, a gift is the free act of willingly donating to someone something that was yours without expecting anything in exchange. It is a thus doubly a free act for it is up to the giver to decide whether he wants to make a gift or not and the receiver has no obligation to reciprocate. The...
The Falkland/Malvinas Islands and the Senkaku/Diaoyutai Islands disputes: A comparative approach to define territorial disputes
Case study - 10 pages - Political science
Disputes over islands are countless throughout History. States have always searched to extend their boundaries, and islands in particular have always been coveted as both a proliferous natural resources source and a means to gain more land and fishing area. This has been even more the case since...
Meanings and attitudes attached to cohabitation in Poland: Quantitative analyses of the slow diffusion of cohabitation among the young generation
Case study - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The text we have is an article written a few years ago by Monika Mynarska and Laura Bernardi. This article is about cohabiting behaviors in Poland, especially its diffusion among the young generation, in terms of attitudes (what people think about it) and behaviors (what they do). Frist, the...
The rise of anti-foreigner sentiment in European societies, 1988-2000 - Semyonov, Raijman and Gorodzeisky
Case study - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
This text is an article written by three scholars about the rise of anti-foreign sentiment in European Societies (especially 12 countries). Their analysis is based on both theories and the compilation of data, in order to understand why some places are more likely to be concerned with the rise of...
23 things they don't tell you about capitalism - Thing 9: We do not live in a post-industrial age - Chang (2010)
Case study - 2 pages - Political science
In this text, Chang tries to explain that the common idea of a post-industrial age in developed countries is not necessarily relevant today. Indeed, he shows that we still consume a lot of manufactured goods, although he does not deny the increasing demand for services. This article is...
Public attitudes and gender policy regimes: Coherence and stability in hard times - J. Guo and N. Gilbert
Case study - 2 pages - Political science
This text is an article written which was written last year by two scholars, Jing Guo and Neil Gilbert, in the Journal of Sociology and Social welfare. In this article, they compare the social policies implemented by governments in Europe to increase gender equality and the attitudes of citizens...
Why shareholder voting is not a duty but a right
Case study - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Paradoxically, we daresay, most part of the contemporary continental literature on company law refers to the shareholder's right to vote, but treats vote as a duty. Perhaps a reminiscence of the traditional approach to companies, voting is instinctively placed near such other corporate rights as...
Will the economical collapse of Greece cause the end of the Euro?
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
The euro zone is now frantically bracing itself for the imminent fall of the Greek government. Faced with the possibility of Greece vouching for a fully fledged non-payment of debt and euro zone departure as opposed to a debt deal, the outstanding euro zone members have to choose whether to...
The diversification of Oman's economy to oil alternative sources of income
Case study - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Oman relies heavily on oil for its economy which contributes a large proportion of the GDP of this country although it's not a large producer like its neighbors who heavily rely on oil in their economies. To reduce the gap left by oil in the GDP, agriculture and fishing play a major role in...
Organizational transformation, models restructure, traditional police agencies into community policing: Exploratory case study of three police departments in Norway
Case study - 20 pages - Political science
When organizational transformation succeeds, say the corporate change experts, employees feel they are working for a different company. Transformation is a radical change process, undertaken to respond to a crisis or to take advantage of a great opportunity. It has a much more profound effect...
Critically assess the role of (ethnic/racial/religious) discrimination in explaining immigrants and ethnic minorities' education and the labour market disadvantage in Western Europe
Case study - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
After World War II and the process of decolonization, European countries were regarded as egalitarian and peaceful societies (Wacquant 2008, p. 15). In a context of economic expansion, the integration of migrants was easier and their aspirations of social mobility were achievable. However, times...
Ireland in the twentieth century: The role of the Catholic church
Case study - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The first document we have is the Pastoral letter written on 10 October 1922 by Catholic Bishops of Ireland. This letter was published in the Irish times the next day. This letter denounces the anti-treaty campaign led by the IRA which is very violent. To understand such reaction on the part of...
Are Muslim and Western European values generally incompatible? Discuss with reference to the Turkish accession to the European Union - publié le 01/04/2013
Case study - 4 pages - Political science
The famous French poet Paul Valéry defined Europe as the geographic place in which one the Christianity has a huge influence on the spirit of society, the Roman Empire on legal systems, and where the philosophy is still inspired by Greeks thinkers. In this definition, the Europe tends to be seen...
How is migration contributing to and reflecting the challenges of globalization? - publié le 01/04/2013
Case study - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
During the last presidential campaign in France, many debates occurred about the immigration and the globalization. Indeed, some of the candidates denounced the danger that the migration was for the employment and the good economic health of the country, because of the globalization which tends...
How is migration contributing to and reflecting the challenges of globalization?
Case study - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
During the last presidential campaign in France, many debates occurred about the immigration and the globalization. Indeed, some of the candidates denounced the danger that the migration was for the employment and the good economic health of the country, because of the globalization which tends...
Explain the theoretical basis of Locke's theory of the limitations on legitimate government - publié le 01/04/2013
Case study - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
John Locke, a philosopher and doctor of the 17th century is seen as the father of the liberal theory in political science. His theories about the State have to be understood in an historical revolutionary background. Indeed, all his reflections about state's birth and goals have been made around...
Only by the internal, domestic politics of states can one understand how they behave in International Relations
Case study - 3 pages - International relations
Theories in international relations are built in order to understand the international anarchy, according to Grieco. Scholars are interested in analyzing struggles between states, as well military as economic one. So this topic is actually the study of states' behavior in the world, and...
European negotiations: Simulation
Case study - 6 pages - Political science
The course of “European negotiations” opened a new area of interests for me, not only by being able to explain very well the framework of the negotiating and the co-decision processes in the European Union, but also by unveiling the practical set of skills necessary in any kind of...
OPEC's effective resistance to strong western powers
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was one of the first organizations of the developing world to effectively resist Western superpowers. Before OPEC, Western countries colonized developing nations and exploited their natural resources with little resistance from these countries....
Anarchy and the limits of cooperation: a realist critique of the liberal institutionalism - J.M. Grieco
Case study - 2 pages - Political science
The text we have was written by J.M. Grieco in order to compare two main theories in international politics: realism and liberal institutionalism. His main argument is that realism is the best theory and all along the text, he tries to demonstrate it. First of all, the author quickly summarizes...
'The Great Banana War' - Christopher Meyers
Case study - 2 pages - Political science
This text is extracted from the book DC confidential: The controversial Memoirs of Britain's Ambassador to the US at the time of 9/11 and the Iraq War. In this chapter, the author, a former British ambassador explains the conflict known as the great banana war which occurred in the late 1990s. It...
Global structure convocation 1994 - Bolton
Case study - 2 pages - Political science
The text is the transcript of a debate which occurred in 1994, between American eminent personalities who have the legitimacy to speak about American foreign policies. The debate is about the role of the US in the Global Structure, after the end of the Cold War. As the United Nations are...
Postcolonial Europe or understanding Europe in times of the postcolonial
Case study - 2 pages - Political science
The text we have is a chapter written by Gurminder K. Bhambra, extracted from a book talking about European Studies. In this chapter, the author wants to deconstruct the idea we have of modern Europe and its history in order to reconstruct our understandings of Europe in a postcolonial context....
In 1987 the Moroccan request for membership of the European Communities (EC) was rejected on the basis that Morocco was not a European country. Where are the boundaries of Europe?
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
The Moroccan request was rejected because Morocco was not considered as a European country. This claim was based on geographical and cultural dimensions. Morocco could not be part of the political boundaries because it did not match geographical ones and because it did not share the so-called...
Social foundations of post-industrial economies - Esping Andersen
Case study - 1 pages - Political science
The text we have is a chapter extracted from a book written by Esping-Andersen. In this chapter, the author talks about different kinds of Welfare regimes and states the previous typologies he has already elaborated. He then tries to have a critical perspective on his work and interrogates about...
Was Italian Fascism a "weak" totalitarianism?
Case study - 4 pages - Political science
Italian fascism, because it appeared at the same period as German national-socialism and Stalinist communism and presented some similarities with those regimes, is often categorized as a totalitarianism. However, this assertion has been refuted by many scholars, including the French political...
