Should the Kyoto Treaty be ratified?
Essay - 4 pages - Ecology & environment
Taking note of the reality of global warming in the 1990s, and of the human responsibility in this change, political leaders initiated a policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Kyoto Protocol, which came into effect on February 2005, is an amendment of the United Nations Framework...
Regionalization and redistribution of permanent space
Essay - 6 pages - Economic politics
Regionalization is both an administrative procedure for creation of institutional areas and also the establishment of territories more or less defined boundaries, in response to the disintegration of the State-Nation. This corresponds to a permanent division of space over time. This process is...
The American constitution
Worksheets - 2 pages - Political science
First and foremost, the Constitution gives a clear definition of the three main powers described by Montesquieu in Spirit of Laws. Let's remember that the United States of America is a country where a presidential regime predominates. To put it differently, it's customary to say that...
Economic globalization: the return of territory in the economic area - published: 06/02/2010
Essay - 4 pages - Theories and economic notions
The return of the territory is highlighted by some economists who highlight certain areas of the economic structure today (metropolitan cities). The major economic centers are organized around specific areas: the new spatialization of economic polarization is the ‘activities around major...
The settlement of a French subsidiary in Benin
Market study - 7 pages - Foreign markets
Globalization is a process which implies the opening of all national economies on a worldwide market. In order to have an access to all the goods they need, people realized that they have to exchange goods. In the context of the globalization phenomenon, stakeholders meet every year during...
Statistical Discrimination: Towards a new conception of the French Nation
Essay - 13 pages - Political science
Yazid Sabeg, Commissioner on Diversity has announced that Nicolas Sarkozy will propose to submit to Parliament a bill 'to make a lawful measure of diversity' on the team at IFG actively working on the issue of segregation which is linked to that of the usefulness and legitimacy of such...
European Union and Federalism
Essay - 4 pages - European union
In 1948, federalists formulated a project of United States of Europe at a Congress in La Haye. But they were defeated by unionists who wanted mere intergovernmental cooperation between European states. Nowadays, this continues to be a recurrent debate: is the European Union (EU) a federal state?...
Environmentalism ("Green ideology") has been labelled an ideology by Ball, Dagger. Do you agree or disagree and why?
Essay - 5 pages - Ecology & environment
The Greens often refuse to call environmentalism an ideology and most of them prefer to talk about ethics, a respect towards all forms of life. Some people do not consider that environmentalism is an ideology since every party now includes green measures in their platform. In France, for...
School and immigration: a map of interculture
Course material - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
This document is an extract from the thesis of Elizabeth Pascut titled ''Schools and families. Immigration and reception''. It traces the immigrant presence across Italian schools. The question of intercultural dimension, as written by Silva (2002), covers all areas of culture and...
Statistical Dossier on Immigration 2007
Essay - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
On October 29, 2007, at the Teatro Orione in Rome, the presentation of the 2007 Immigration Statistics Dossier Caritas or Migrantes took place. The event, now at its seventeenth edition, was held in the presence of mainstream media, as well as numerous agencies and experts coming mainly from...
Comparative study of three texts: Ethics of war: paper
Text commentary - 3 pages - International relations
This document covers the following aspects: Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, Michael Walzer, Just and unjust wars and the rules of war. All these sections are based on the Doctrine of double effect from the article from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Considering that the Christian thought...
The World Trade Organization: Case DS 160, Music in bars
Case study - 5 pages - International relations
The WTO (World Trade Organization) succeeded the GATT (General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade) on January 1, 1994. The main purpose of the WTO is to supervise and liberalize the international trade. Countries have to become members of this international organization to take advantage of the...
Poland on the Speed and Scope of Transition - published: 26/01/2010
Essay - 12 pages - European union
Poland is a country in Central Europe, which has experienced a transition process. After World War II, the country was ruled by the workers' party, an emanation from USSR and communist party. During this period, Poland economy was centrally planned, which means that the Plan Office decided the...
Comparison of American, French and Russian presidencies
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
Presidential regimes are not the same through the world. People give their presidents certain powers but also enable other body to control or remove the president in case of need through a constitution and by the way of elections. We discuss about three presidential regimes in this document:...
Politics in UK
Presentation - 9 pages - Political life and election
The Houses of Parliament are based in Westminster in the center of London, on the North bank of the River Thames. Hence its other name is the Palace of Westminster. The House of Lords is the second chamber of the House of Parliament. The debating chamber of members of the House of Lords is known...
Racism, harm and hate crimes
Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The term disproportionate harm refers to the idea that the impact of hate crime is different and more pronounced than other crimes. Unlike other crimes, hate crimes are personal. They are not a random act of violence, but a targeted act rooted in hatred towards a particular group's identity...
Humanitarian corridors - published: 23/01/2010
Worksheets - 5 pages - International relations
A humanitarian corridor aims at facilitating the transportation of charitable supplies like food, clothes, medicines, and hospital services such as ambulances that are directed to the local population in times of crisis in conflict zones. It is set on a specific route for a given time....
The Grand Paris: an adequate framework for Ile de France's new stakes?
Essay - 8 pages - Political science
Ile de France, the richest region of France and Europe, faces both advantages and drawbacks related to its 'metropolitanization'. While this expansion is the result of the region's attractiveness and dynamism, urban sprawl raises many difficulties for Ile de France. There is a major...
In what ways has the 'environment' become a global issue?
Essay - 2 pages - Ecology & environment
Since the 1970s, scientific research concerning the environment has been increasing. The vital concern is global warming. According to research, global warming is currently becoming worse and it affects a lot the hole in the ozone layer, making it bigger. The proof is the increase in the number...
The contaminated milk in China
Worksheets - 2 pages - International relations
I will talk about the problem of milk in China. To make it more clear, I divided my presentation into three parts. In the first part, I will explain the origin of the problem. Then I will explain the current situation. Finally, I will talk about the consequences of the scandal. Remember...
Does the UN have a real role to play in today's world? Analyze the role and effectiveness of the UN in recent conflicts
Essay - 1 pages - International relations
The United Nations (UN) is an international organization created in 1945 after World War II. Currently it is composed of 192 members. Because of the horrors of the two world wars, the aim of the UN is first of all to establish a lasting peace in the world. During the Cold War, the role of the UN...
The relationship between religion and politics in Europe: Perspectives of Johann Baptist Metz and Benedict XVI
Thesis - 4 pages - Political science
I will illustrate how Metz and Benedict treat the relationship between religion and politics by focusing on how each views the economy in terms of economic justice, a principle inherent in Christian social teaching, and the solutions they offer as a means to fashion an economy in which Christian...
The Downing Street years (Margaret Thatcher)
Text commentary - 4 pages - Political life and election
This text is an extract from Margaret Thatcher's Memoirs, 'My Downing Street Years'. This book is an autobiography written by Thatcher herself in 1995, in which she explains her ideology and justifies her government policies, led from 1979 to 1990. This book is more a political...
Western and Indigenous conceptions of intellectual property: similarities, differences and convergences
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
Anthropological discussions of intellectual property developed in the beginning of the 20th century, mainly as part of a debate that is more generally oriented towards the understanding of human creatitivy, and the value attributed to those creations. But observing those different forms of...
Gaul and the diffusion of the Mediterranean culture
Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Julius Caesar's The Conquest of Gaul offers to the reader a rare glimpse into the complex world of Gaul. When Caesar invaded Gaul, he found a strange world, quite different from the Mediterranean world with which he was familiar. At the same time, the Mediterranean and Gallic worlds have been...
Nuclear taboo
Thesis - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Sixty four years after the American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the legacy of nuclear weapons remains one of non-use. Despite perennial involvement in large-scale violent conflict, the institutionalization of nuclear weapons in military planning, and the growing ease of use of its...
The Implementation of SAPs in Africa in the 1980's: the Issue of Conditionality
Essay - 7 pages - International relations
When discussing the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative (HIPC initiative), a joint debt relief initiative by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank currently being implemented in 29 African countries, one has to remember that debt relief programs are not new in the...
Drug Trafficking in West Africa - The Case of Guinea-Bissau
Case study - 6 pages - International relations
When the police seized cocaine worth 15% of the country's annual income, two explanations emerged, either Africa is one of the poorest in the world or it has an alarming drug-trafficking problem. In the case of Guinea-Bissau, both explanations are valid. The whole of West Africa is becoming a...
The United Kingdom's relationship with the European Community
Essay - 3 pages - European union
The United Kingdom's relationship with the European Community has always raised controversies, both on the British political scene and on the international stage. Not only has Britain refused to be one of the founding members of the ECSC in the 1950s, it has also confronted many difficulties...
Is United States the Greenest Nation?
Essay - 1 pages - Ecology & environment
The United States seems to be the biggest polluter in comparison with the other countries, and more precisely with the European and Asian ones. As an example, The United States emits 50% more greenhouse gases than the European Union for each dollar of GDP. America can be considered as the...
