On what did Grotius base his conception of international law? Is he correct?
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
The idea of “international law” is highly linked to the thought of Hugo Grotius, a Dutch lawyer from the first part of the 17th century and leading thinker of the concept of “international society”. Grotius was a major theorist of the Renaissance in Europe and his reflection...
Is India too poor and does it have too many security problems to become a major player in international relations?
Essay - 6 pages - International relations
In the wake of the emergence of China which is gaining more and more influence at the international level; India is willing to take the same pathway in the search for an international status. As a matter of fact India possesses many assets to reach this position. It is the biggest democracy in...
How convincing and appealing is Schumpeter's theory of democracy?
Case study - 4 pages - Political science
Joseph Schumpeter is an American economist and political scientist from the first part of the 20th C, well-known for his book Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy written in 1942 during the Second World War. In this eminent work, Schumpeter has elaborated a New Theory of Democracy, much influenced...
How convincing and appealing is Schumpeter's theory of democracy? - publié le 10/10/2012
Case study - 4 pages - Political science
Joseph Schumpeter is an American economist and political scientist from the first part of the 20th C, well-known for his book Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy written in 1942 during the Second World War. In this eminent work, Schumpeter has elaborated a New Theory of Democracy, much influenced...
Politics of Toleration: Is there ever a justification for limiting speech because of its content?
Case study - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Freedom of speech is the central point of numerous constitutions in the world. From the first amendment to the 1776 US constitution to the Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights declared in 1948; it has been presented as an indispensable factor of achievement and progress in the...
How does Rousseau seek to reconcile freedom and authority in the Social Contract? Is his attempt successful?
Case study - 8 pages - Political science
Rousseau has been very influential for many contemporary political thinkers and his work is considered as core in the Enlightenment thinking; his famous work on the Social Contract is widely seen as one of the basis for the establishment of French state after the revolution of 1789. This work,...
Why has the US witnessed greater levels of online campaigning than the UK?
Case study - 6 pages - Political science
Obama's recent success in the 2008 US presidential election owns much to his ability and the one of his followers to use the internet as a core political tool in his campaign. Over the last years in the US online campaigning has become a key tool in one's attempt to win an election; and the trend...
Federated Arab nation - from Iraq to Morocco. Movements and schemes to forge a unified Arab state in the region
Case study - 9 pages - Political science
Studying any political, cultural or ideological tendency in the Middle East is vain if one decides to look at it at the domestic scale. Indeed, the area must rather be regarded as a regional political entity in itself. Such approach is necessary for anyone who desires to understand correctly the...
Iranian revolution - Islamic revolution and catalyst for the resurgence of political Islam throughout the Middle East.
Case study - 9 pages - Political science
With the Ottoman Empire's downfall in 1919 and the 1991 first Gulf War, the 1979 Iranian revolution is widely considered as a landmark in Middle East's history. Its impact over the political dynamics of the region, especially Islamic ones, was notable and has led some to conclude that such an...
To what extent do the characteristics of the "Comprehensive Peace Agreement" represent an efficient model of mediation for the Sudanese conflict?
Case study - 6 pages - Political science
Since its independence in 1956, Sudan has only enjoyed 15 years of peace and almost 40 of civil wars. Always opposing Khartoum, the South, the Darfur region and even Northern parts managed to oppose an armed resistance to the central power (UNMIS Website). Hence, from 1983 to 2005, Sudan was...
To what extent can Islamic terrorism be considered as One Unified Movement?
Case study - 27 pages - Political science
The collapse of the USSR in 1991 marked the end of the Cold War era and generated much optimism among scholars and thinkers. This hope was notably illustrated by Francis Fukuyama's article “The End of History” in which he proclaimed “the end point of Mankind's ideological evolution...
Keller and the Three Regimes
Case study - 6 pages - Political science
In Americas Three Regimes, Morton Keller posits a theory of realignment in United States elections that argues that American politics have been defined by periodic political revolutions that reshaped a U.S. electoral landscape every 32 to 36 years that was still remarkable for its continuity. He...
Intervention in child abuse and its complications
Case study - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive by David J. Pelzer, and his alcoholic mother are the characters as well as the foster care family. It is the opinion of this author that due to the similar nature of the new laws on the books of most states (California is usually in the...
Canadian policy at the crossroads: Protecting Canada's independence in the age of globalization
Case study - 8 pages - International relations
The foreign relations of Canada are by nature, very much centered upon its southern neighbor, the United States. This is true for both trade and foreign policy considerations. In addition, Canadian governments have also had active relations with many other nations. These relationships have...
EADS
Case study - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Sustainability is critical to EADS. It is concerned about sustainability when it design and market its products because they have long life cycles which exceed 30 years. Sustainability influences the short- and long-term objectives and so decisions. Sustainable mobility and the evolution to a «...
The institutionalisation of propaganda in the 21st century
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
Every year, the American Government spends 400 million dollars to produce propagandistic materials (including magazines, movies, and radio broadcasts for Voice of America), the average American viewer watches 37,822 TV commercials, and the “top ten marketing research firms have combined...
The Beijing Spring of 1989- What was the political significance of the events in Tiananmen Square from April-June 1989 and what are the present day repercussions?
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
1989 was a historical landmark, being the starting date for a wave of revolutions in the Communist block during which most of the soviet governments around the world, especially in East-Europe, were overthrown by popular protests. China has not been spared this “smokeless war” 1 : from...
Manga and gender relationships in modern Japan
Case study - 14 pages - Political science
Manga is at the core of modern Japan's culture and is a unique product that has neither equivalent nor competitor: this characteristic is largely due to its mixed readership. Indeed, contrary to comics mainly written by male authors and dedicated to the male public, manga devotes a part of itself...
Building strong civil societies in Eastern Europe after the fall of communism: Poland, Romania, and the importance of pre-existing social roots
Case study - 6 pages - International relations
Throughout Eastern Europe, embryonic civil societies have demonstrated in various ways but with the same result their crucial role in the advent of democracy in the early 1990s : within a few years, Eastern European communist governments were forced to cede power and undertake democratic reforms...
Building strong civil societies in Eastern Europe after the fall of communism: Poland, Romania, and the importance of pre-existing social roots - publié le 21/09/2012
Case study - 6 pages - International relations
Throughout Eastern Europe, embryonic civil societies have demonstrated in various ways but with the same result their crucial role in the advent of democracy in the early 1990s : within a few years, Eastern European communist governments were forced to cede power and undertake democratic reforms...
"Strange fruit": Billie Holiday and the civil rights movement - publié le 21/09/2012
Case study - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Eleanor Fagan, better known as Billie Holiday, is one of the most prominent jazz vocalists of the 20th century. Among her most outstanding works is the song “Strange Fruit”, which took Billie Holiday from the realm of love songs and lighter entertainment to a status of symbol of...
"Strange fruit": Billie Holiday and the civil rights movement
Case study - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Eleanor Fagan, better known as Billie Holiday, is one of the most prominent jazz vocalists of the 20th century. Among her most outstanding works is the song “Strange Fruit”, which took Billie Holiday from the realm of love songs and lighter entertainment to a status of symbol of...
Comparing the American concept of hostile work environment harassment with French "harcelement moral"
Case study - 11 pages - Social, moral & civic education
With the generalization of office work all through the second half of the 20th century, harassment in the workplace has become a critical issue. In France, for example, according to an Ipsos study, 30% of workers claim that they have been subject to moral harassment while 37% claim they have...
The cultural consequences of Germany's citizenship laws
Case study - 5 pages - Political science
Germany's 2000 citizenship law, by making the German nationality one of the most complicated to claim, has forced the artistic expression of Germany's ethnic and religious minorities into a position where it is defined solely in terms of the ethnic origin of its creators. Therefore, this...
The incorporation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict within the Arab-Israeli wars
Case study - 8 pages - International relations
From the onset, Arab states surrounding Israel - Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon - were concerned with the emergence of a non-Arab state adjacent to their borders, and it is this preoccupation, more than a genuine sense of solidarity with Palestinians, that explains Arab involvement in what...
International relations analysis: Germany and France during the Euro crisis resolution
Case study - 9 pages - International relations
Germany and France relations during the Euro crisis implied some disagreements. It started when the European Union decided to manage the global economic crisis at the European stage. It decided to especially manage the case of Greece which is the symbol of the beginning of the Euro zone debt...
The Basics of Country Risk Analysis
Course material - 95 pages - Political science
The economic history is full of errors in country risk analysis, the Russian bonds were issued before the revolution of 1917 (PBS) in 1996 it was the East Asian Miracle and in 1997, the Asian financial crisis (Indonesia - PBS)Thailand. LTCM is a private fund with a Nobel prize which went...
'There can be little doubt that price is the most essential element in marketing mix'. Discuss, with reference to appropriate business examples.
Case study - 3 pages - Economy general
As today's marketing becoming more complex than decades, entrepreneurs desire to seek a useful tool to make their product distinguish from others, in other words, to design a successful marketing campaign. Marketing mix is one of the essential approaches to make business strategy. Capon (2009)...
How good governance has helped to transform Malaysia
Case study - 2 pages - Political science
Since its independence in 1957, Malaysia experienced significant social and financial challenges. The initiatives of the nation's government did, nevertheless, enable Malaysia to become a major exporter of a number of products, and establish itself as a leading name in global industries like the...
The invalidity and critics to Pritchett's theory of 'Divergence: Big time'
Case study - 3 pages - Economy general
The agenda of the recent G20 summit in Seoul, Korea, focused on economic recovery, sustainable world growth, and development, reveals that globalization and its effects are at the heart of the most important international debates. While world leaders are concerned with managing the future effects...
