The weaknesses of Stalin's rivals contributed more to his rise as a dictator than did Stalin's own strengths as a leader - A comment.
Thesis - 2 pages - Political science
Few dictators in modern World History have been as feared and rivaled as Josef Stalin (Iosif Dzhugashvili); being probably one of the most discrepant leaders in the 20th century, he served as the head of the Bolshevik party and Soviet government, Lenin's companion-in-arms and organizer of the...
The organization of French Civil Protection (from the Maire to the Ministry of interior)
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The civil security, which has for object the prevention of all kinds of risks as well as the protection of the persons, the goods and the environment against the accidents or natural disasters was at first the business of local authorities. Communities got organized and only the mutual aid...
Efforts to reduce its carbon footprints on society - Case Air France-KLM
Thesis - 3 pages - Ecology & environment
In order to meet the current needs of the consumer society, companies need to be very productive. This ever-increasing productivity is the cause of multiple discharges of pollutants. The discharge could change accosting to the sector: transport discharges 27% of waste as gas, industry 21% and...
Understanding the French 2003 Heat Wave Experience
Thesis - 3 pages - Ecology & environment
France does not commonly have very hot summers, particularly in the northern areas, but seven days with temperatures of more than 40 °C were recorded in Paris between July and August 2003. Because of the usually relatively mild summers, most people did not know how to react to very high...
Strategies France must implement to stay a leader in the global wine market - published: 25/11/2010
Thesis - 3 pages - Economy general
Answers to a Questionnaire' is a short story which was written by James Graham Ballard, and published for the first time in the English literary magazine 'Ambit', in 1985. Ballard's style of writing is highly important to understand his works, he is a member of the 'New...
Strategies France must implement to stay a leader in the global wine market
Essay - 3 pages - Theories and economic notions
The main reason to explain this crisis simply is that there is an extremely harsh worldwide competition. Indeed, the 'powerful' competitors to France's wine industry knew how to push their strengths using 'competitive and attractive' wines which charmed consumers and mainly...
What was Barack Obama's program during the 2008 presidential election campaign? To what extent do you think his program is achievable?
Thesis - 4 pages - Political science
February 10th 2007, Barack Hussein Obama stood as candidate for the White House race with John MacCain as a running-mate. After passing through the wilderness and being the talk of the town, he managed to achieve 52.9% of the votes. He took the oath of office on the Holy Bible on January 20th...
Eurosceptics in Britain
Thesis - 4 pages - European union
An eurosceptic is a person who takes a dim view to European Union, who only considers its drawbacks, someone who criticizes the process of European Integration and who has doubts about the viability or the usefulness of Europe. This term is mainly used to qualify politics, especially the British....
Business Environment: China
Course material - 5 pages - Theories and economic notions
Despite a slowdown amidst the global economic crisis of 2008-2009, China remains the world's fastest growing economy. Real GDP grew at 8.7% in 2009, mainly owing to the government's huge stimulus program. A stronger growth of 10.0% is expected for 2010 as a result of a recovery in the...
Recycling in South Africa
Thesis - 16 pages - Ecology & environment
As part of my third year at the business school of Rennes in South Africa, I had the opportunity to do an international internship for a period of 10 weeks. This course's main objective was to test my ability to adapt. Indeed, during this internship, I had to adapt to a different culture, and...
Chapter 6, Case for Analysis: Jack Welch of General Electric: A Neutron Bomb or a Motivator?
Case study - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The 13th edition of Organizations: Behavior, Structure, Processes is based on the proposition that managing people, structure, and processes in organizations is a challenging, compelling, and crucial set of tasks. There is nothing boring about managing organizational behavior. Traditional...
China, the 'auto'-mobile zone
Thesis - 10 pages - Economy general
China has long been regarded as the land of the bicycle. This Asian country is now a new Eldorado for the automotive industry. In 2005, China became the third largest producer of cars after the U.S. and Japan, and the fourth largest market in the worldwide vehicle sales. Within a span of a few...
Business success in Chile
Thesis - 11 pages - Economy general
For many, Chile still evokes the military dictatorship of General Pinochet, the repression and violence that caused 17 years of tyranny. Yet the return to democracy has made it possible to rediscover this beautiful though often misunderstood country. This thin strip of land, nearly 4300 km long,...
The Role of Logistics in Sustainable Development
Thesis - 7 pages - Economy general
In 1987, the Commission of Brundtland focused on the concept of sustained development. This concept continued to serve as the central element of the Summit of Rio which took place in 1992, and gave rise to the view that 'sustainable development is development which makes it possible for the...
The action of the International Monetary Fund in the world
Internship report - 6 pages - International relations
“The International Monetary Fund is established and shall operate in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement as originally adopted and subsequently amended” asserts the first clause of the Articles of Agreement. Set up after the Second World War as a response to the world...
Congress and Foreign Policy and Control of the Executive
Thesis - 10 pages - International relations
A Foreign Policy aims at finding how to expand the country into what territories through tactics of national interests, how to create and maintain a favorable international order, and how to protect democratic values at home and abroad.In the US, both the President and the Congress share these...
Why was the entry of the UK in the EEC so long and difficult?
Thesis - 4 pages - European union
The first source is an article published the January 18th 1963 in a newspaper entitled The Guardian. This article was written by Darsie Gillie who is a journalist, and it is entitled Why General de Gaulle slammed the door, Britain's threat to European equality with America. It's destining to...
The regional balance in the United Kingdom
Thesis - 4 pages - Political science
The United Kingdom is integrated in a process of globalization characterized by competition. Innovation is an important factor for regional growth. And a lot of disparities existed between the Britain's regions, because the level of regional development is uneven. In effect, The United Kingdom is...
The origins and the influence of the western quest for perfection
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
One of the most powerful values of the word 'Occident' is perfection. In order to understand how it became that important, it is necessary to look at how civilizations evolved and what conveys the creation of perfection in our everyday life. Indeed, perfection has had numerous different...
Is liberalism compatible with paternalism?
Internship report - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Paternalism and liberalism seem to be two very interlinked concepts in modern societies. It is true for both economical matters and social matters. For example, our Western 'liberal democracies' governments can provide huge amounts of money during the crisis to refund the banks-...
International financial management: Impact of International criminality
Essay - 5 pages - Theories and economic notions
Annual gross product of identified criminal activities is approximately $1000 billion that is to say 20% of the world trade. Admitting that charges on this kind of business represents 50% of this gross product (suppliers, production, corruption, investment, management fee) means that the annual...
The EU and the 21st century challenges: Energy and environment
Thesis - 6 pages - European union
Stavros Dimas, Commissioner for Environment opined that though in recent times, Europe has made considerable progress in cleaning the air that we breathe; air pollution remains a serious problem and continues to damage our health and the environment. The results of a poll published in March,...
EU and the 21st century challenges: Energy and environment
Thesis - 6 pages - European union
Stavros Dimas, Commissioner for Environment opined that though in recent times, Europe has made considerable progress in cleaning the air that we breathe; air pollution remains a serious problem and continues to damage our health and the environment. The results of a poll published in March,...
Marxism-Leninism: Historical forms of human community and the political organization of society
Thesis - 8 pages - Political science
The humble aim of this paper is to attempt to make an exposition of the Marxists-Leninist thoughts on the historical forms of human community and the political organization of the society. The necessity of attempting this exposition can never be looked down upon especially when we consider the...
Social networking in Europe and China
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
By way of introduction, we can say that in recent years, we have noticed a sharp increase and improvement of the web tools. In passing the web 1.0, most of the websites were commercial in nature or communicative about the web 2.0 which allows users to enrich the content of websites according to...
Is the EU successful in its attempt to create a 'security community' with its neighbors through the elaboration of the European Neighborhood Policy?
Thesis - 6 pages - European union
The aim of this paper is to assess whether or not the EU is efficient in its attempt to build a security community with its neighbors through the implementation of the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP). In order to do so, I will first demonstrate that the EU and its neighbors share, to a certain...
French foreign Policy in the Middle East during the 5th Republic
Thesis - 5 pages - International relations
The roots of the conflict in the Middle East started around 1950 when the British mandate in Palestine was given to the United Nations which decided then to create the state of Israel on the Palestinian lands. Some migratory waves of Jewish settlement had already started to come to Israel in the...
Islam and National identity in Indonesia
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Because Indonesia's culture is strongly linked to the Islamic religion - Indonesia has the world's largest Muslim population, today with about 200 million Muslims out of 230 million Indonesians, in other words 86% of Indonesians are Muslims- both the official definition of Indonesian national...
Islam and National identity in Indonesia - publié le 02/11/2010
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Because Indonesia's culture is strongly linked to the Islamic religion - Indonesia is the world's largest Muslim population, with today about 200 million Muslims out of 230 million Indonesians , in other words 86% Indonesians are Muslim - both the official definition of Indonesian national...
The uniqueness of Japan's diplomacy: From Meiji to today
Thesis - 3 pages - International relations
Japan has always claimed for a particular place in international relations. The Japanese prefer their country to be a unique model of integration - or non-integration - in the world's diplomatic system rather than a “normal power” that has never been supported by any majority of...
